Inniskeen

Inniskeen lies beside the River Fane in the countryside of southern Monaghan. Its name recalls an island, and the remains of a round tower mark the site of a monastery associated with Saint Daig. The monastery appears in the annals in the seventh century, while a later Augustinian house was connected to the abbey at Louth. The church on the old site had fallen into ruin by 1622, but the burial ground and tower preserved the memory of a religious settlement that had served this district for centuries.