The ancient church at Aghowle is associated with St Finnian (who died in 549), and he is supposed to have established a church at Aghowle before founding his more famous site at Clonard, Co. Meath. The name Aghowle derives from the Irish Achadh Abhall, meaning ‘field of the apple tree’. According to the Life of St Finnian, the Leinster king Muiredach mac Aengusa gave him a field where an apple…
Source: National Monuments Service – Monuments to Visit (CC BY 4.0) · Ref WI042-019001-
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