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The drystone remains of the Early Christian monastery on High Island ( ÁrdOileán) off the Conamara coast, although in ruinous condition, have been virtually untouched by later generations. No towns or farms have been built over it, its stones have never been scattered, its earlier fame never forgotten.
Over the years the curiosity of most visitors has been easily discouraged by the difficulty of landing on the island. High Island is rivalled, consequently, by few other Irish monastic sites in the quantity and variety of material remains, and presents an amazing complete image of the life of its inhabitants.
From the daring seafaring monks like the beloved seventh-century saint, Féchín, ‘a man of a bright, summery life, an abbot and an anchorite, fair-worded Féchín of Fore…’ to the more elusive of its inhabitants, those whose existence whispers from the material remains of a horizontal watermill or a hillside water reservoir, High Island is a story as intriguing as it is scholarly and unprecedented. With nearly twenty years of intensive research poured into this historical book and detailed line drawings, it really is a highly qualified work on the subject.
Published by Town House , Dublin 2000, with imput and funding from Dúchas and the Heritage Council.
