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Seven Churches

Inishmore
Aran Islands
Galway
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Situated 3km north-west of Kilmurvey, the miscalled - Seven Churches - mark an ancient site dedicated to Saint Breacan. The name is loosely applied to the remains of two small churches, Teampall Bhreacain and Teampaill an Phoill. Close to the churches, on the south-west, is Leaba an Spioraid Naoimh (bed of the Holy Spirit), a penitential station with fragments of a figured high cross. Nearby, to the south-east, is Leaba Bhreacain, another station.

To the north of Leaba an Spioraid Naoimh is an early cross-slab and north of the church are the ruins of late 15th century monastic houses.

In the south-east corner of the churchyard are some early graves and also prostrate on the rock, in the fields to the south-east is a fractured high cross with elaborate interlacing, etc. North of the monastery are another Leaba and fragments of an ornamented cross, with a crude crucifixion. Nearby are a - castle - and square fort.
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