Fuerty
Sign in to saveFuerty (historically Fewerty, from ) is a townland and civil parish on the R366 regional road near the town of Roscommon in County Roscommon, Ireland. Fuerty is known for a ruined church and ancient graveyard on the site of a Celtic Christian abbey.
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- townland
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Elevation
- 75
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- Fuerty
- Irish Grid Reference
- M834574
- historic county
- County Roscommon
- native label
- Fíorta
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Fuerty (historically Fewerty, from ) is a townland and civil parish on the R366 regional road near the town of Roscommon in County Roscommon, Ireland. Fuerty is known for a ruined church and ancient graveyard on the site of a Celtic Christian abbey.
==Church and graveyard== It is said that Saint Patrick visited Fuerty and left a deacon to found a monastic settlement here. The deacon, Justus, baptised Saint Ciarán, a local man around the year 500. Ciaran went on to found Clonmacnoise, which became one of the most important monasteries and centres of learning in Europe.
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