Lugnaedon Stone, the burial place of Lugnaedon, sister of St Patrick. This is reputedly the oldest Christian inscription outside of the Vatican.


Lugnaedon Stone, Inchagoill Island, Lough Corrib (Inis an Ghaill Chraibhthigh), "the island the devout foreigner," marking the grave of Saint Patrick's sister, Darerca, and her son Lugnath


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Location: Inchagoill, Galway, Ireland
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