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Tarmon Abbey Church
 

County

Leitrim

Coordinates

N 54° 07' 12.6"   W 008° 04' 38.4"

Nearest town

Drumshanbo

Grid Ref.

G 94992 19012

Map No.

26

Elevation a.s.l. (m)

55

Date of visit

Monday 2 June 2014

GPS Accuracy (m)

3
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The ruins of Tarmon abbey are in the northeast corner of an ancient graveyard still in use.


We were driving along the R280 on the west shore of Lough Allen when we saw the signpost for this abbey.
Not much has remained of the abbey though, just the sad ruins of a church and its adjoining graveyard.
The church is aligned to east (95°) and this side has a nice Gothic window with hints of its tracery. The church is 17 metres long and about 7 metres wide and was built with a nice red sandstone.
The church was apparently dedicated to St. Patrick though it might have been a Franciscan settlement. The first church founded here was built around the 5th century.
It seems that on the east side of the east window there's a carved head that should represent St. Patrick. Unfortunately this side of the building is quite unreachable.
The place was a nightmare, millions of hungry midges used us as their meal!

UPDATE: June 8th, 2019 - We were driving by this abbey and stopped to get a few photos, namely of the east side of the altar window, with the effigy of St. Patrick on the outside of the east gable.

The first seven photos in this page are from the visit in 2014, the remaining four photos are from the visit in 2019.


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