The monastic site in

St Mullin's St Mullins (, formerly anglicised as ''Timoling'' or ''Tymoling'' - 'homestead of Moling')St Mullin's
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, Ireland, is an early medieval ecclesiastical site.

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St Mullin's is located on the banks of the River Barrow, at the point where its tributary, the River Aughavaud meets it. The monastic site was found by Saint Moling at some point in the 7th century. It was renowned as a place of pilgrimage potentially since the pre-Christian period, when people may have traveled to the site to celebrate Lughnasadh. St Mullin's is traditionally associated with the

Book of Mulling The Book of Mulling or less commonly, Book of Moling (Dublin, Trinity College Library MS 60 (A. I. 15)), is an Irish pocket Gospel Book from the late 8th or early 9th century. The text collection includes the four Gospels, a liturgical service ...

. In the early ninth century the monastery was plundered by vikings. In 1158, St Mullin's was granted to Ferns Abbey, part of the Augustinian order. In 1880, the ruins of the monastic site entered state care.

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