Let's Explore Life in Early Times (.PDF 3.06Mb)
The most important of Lough Erne’s many island church settlements, Devenish was founded in the 6th century by St Molaise. It was raided by Vikings in 837 and burned in 1157, but in the Middle Ages flourished as the site of the parish church and St Mary’s Augustinian Priory. There are extensive low earthworks on the hillside, but the earliest buildings are St Molaise’s House (a very small church) and the fine round tower close by, both with accomplished Romanesque decoration of the 12th century.
This is an ideal location for those schools studying monastic life in Ireland (Key Stage 3: investigate and evaluate the spiritual beliefs and legacy of civilizations). At Key Stage 1 or 2 pupils could use the site as a way to investigate the “movement of people from the past.
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