Achonry (; )
is a village in
County Sligo
County Sligo ( , gle, Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local ...
, Ireland.
The old name is Achad Cain Conairi.
St. Nath Í ua hEadhra (O'Hara) founded a monastery here. The foundation gave the later
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
its name. The monastery was founded on land granted by the Clan Conaire. Nath Í was the teacher of
St. Féichín of
Ballysadare
Ballysadare (), locally also Ballisodare, is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. It is about 7 kilometres (4 miles) south of Sligo town. The town developed on an important crossing of the Owenmore River.
History
Toponymy
The Ox Mountains () ar ...
.
The diocese was co-extensive with the barony of
Leyney (Luighne).
In the parish is the former
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...
Cathedral of St Crumnathy, now deconsecrated. The title,
Bishop of Achonry
The Bishop of Achonry () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Achonry in County Sligo, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bis ...
, takes its name from the village, and has been used by bishoprics in both the
Roman Catholic Church
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and
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...
.
See also
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List of towns and villages in Ireland
*
Feardorcha Ó Conaill (1876–1929), writer and former rector of Achonry
References
External links
Official Website of Catholic Diocese of Achonry
Towns and villages in County Sligo
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