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Nendrum Monastery was a Christian monastery on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. Medieval records say it was founded in the 5th century, but this is uncertain. The monastery came to an end at some time between 974 and 1178, but its church served a parish until the site was abandoned in the 15th century. Some remains of the monastery can still be seen. ==History== The island monastery of Nendrum was traditionally founded in the 5th century by Mochaoi, after whom Mahee Island is named, although a later date for the foundation has been suggested. Mo Chaoi, like the name of many Irish saints, is a pet-name. His proper name was Caolán and according to tradition he was appointed by St. Patrick. 〔Halpin, Andrew, & Conor Newman, ''Ireland: An Oxford Archaeological Guide to Sites from Earliest Times to AD 1600'' (Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-19-280671-8, ISBN 978-0-19-280671-0), (pp. 99-100 ) at books.google.com〕〔Macdonald, Philip, of Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, Queen's University, Belfast, ''(Monitoring at Nendrum, Mahee Island, Co. Down 2003 )'' at qub.ac.uk (pdf file)〕 However, dendrochronology has dated a tide mill on the island to the year 619, making this the oldest excavated tide mill anywhere in the world.〔(Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland Newsletter May 2008 ) at ihai.ie〕〔McErlean, Tom, & Norman Crothers, ''Harnessing the Tides: the Early Medieval Tide Mills at Nendrum Monastery, Strangford Lough'' (The Stationery Office, 2007)〕 The monastic site included orchards, gardens, pastures, arable fields, and a guest-house.〔(Nendrum, County Down ) at bbc.co.uk〕 In his ''Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, Connor, and Dromore'', William Reeves notes that several annals record the death of St Mochaoi of Nendrum at a variety of dates between 490 and 497. He considers that Nendrum was early chosen as the seat of a bishop, quoting the ''Annals of Tigernach'' and the ''Annals of Ulster'', both of which describe Cronan (died c. 640) as "bishop of Nendrum".〔Reeves, William, ''Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, Connor, and Dromore'' (1847), (p. 148 ) online at books.google.com〕 There are references to Nendrum in various sources, such as the ''Annals of the Four Masters'', between the 7th century and the year 974, when the Four Masters record that "Sedna Ua Demain, Abbot of Nendrum, was consumed in his own house".〔Reeves, ''op. cit.'', (p. 150 ) at books.google.com〕 This is read as meaning that Sedna was burnt, perhaps during a Viking raid,〔''(Nendrum Monastery )'' at theoldschoolhouseinn.com〕 and is the last heard of Nendrum in the annals.〔 Reeves says – The English monks were Benedictines and founded a small cell on Mahee Island.〔 However, in 1306 Nendrum was recorded as a parish church, and during the 15th century it was abandoned for a new site at the village of Tullynakill. The location of Nendrum was then lost until it was rediscovered in 1844 by William Reeves, who visited the island searching for the church recorded in 1306 and recognized the remains of a round tower.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nendrum Monastery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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