Inishmurray: Monks and Pilgrims in an Atlantic Landscape

Inishmurray is a small island in Donegal Bay off the coast of County Sligo. It enjoys a reputation as one of the best-preserved early Christian church sites in Ireland or Europe and has seen a remarkable rise in visitor numbers in recent years. The remains are complex and extensive, representing an early Irish monastic community and an important regional pilgrimage centre. There has been no detailed survey of these remains since the 1880s. This new survey, based on excavations by the authors, form the basis for this first explanatory account of the church sites and remains, and will have wide appeal amongst historians, archaeologists, general readers and visitors. Lavishly illustrated with old and contemporary images, this book seeks to do justice to Inishmurray’s iconic place in the maritime landscape of Sligo and Donegal Bay.