St Patrick's Island () is the most distant of three low-lying uninhabited islets off the headland of
Skerries
A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation.
Skerry, skerries, or The Skerries may also refer to:
Geography
Northern Ireland
* Skerries, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh
* Skerry, County Antrim, a ...
,
County Dublin in
Ireland. It is an island of low cliffs and lies about 1.5 km from the mainland, with vegetation consisting of grasses, brambles and other species such as hogweed. It is the most important of the three islands for breeding seabirds. Cormorant, shag and herring gull are the most prominent species.
In 1148 the Primate
Gelasius, Archbishop of Armagh and Papal Legate
St. Malachy
Malachy (}; Modern ga, Maelmhaedhoc Ó Morgair; ) ( 1094 – 2 November 1148) is an Irish saint who was Archbishop of Armagh, to whom were attributed several miracles and an alleged vision of 112 popes later attributed to the apocryphal ...
convened a synod on this island. Fifteen bishops, over two-hundred priests, and many other clergy attended with the intention of reforming the Irish church. The synod is recorded in the continuation of the ''
Annals of the Four Masters,'' the ''
Annals of Inisfallen,'' and the continuator of the ''
Annals of Tigernach''.
[Charles O'Conor. ''An Historical Address, on the Calamities Occasioned by Foreign Influence, in the Nomination of Bishops to Irish Sees.'' Part II. Buckingham: Printed by J. Seeley, 1812. P. 77.]
References
External links
www.skerrieshomepage.f2s.comencyclopedia.farlex.com
Islands of County Dublin
Uninhabited islands of Ireland
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