One of the best-preserved Benedictine abbeys in Ireland

The original church here was founded by St. Féichín in 630 AD. This small monastic site quickly grew in size and importance and received mentions in the Annals of Ireland. A Benedictine Abbey was founded in 1180 by the Norman, Hugh de Lacy, and more than 2000 student monks lived here at one time. A fine c.11th church located on the nearby slopes is named St. Féichín’s Church after the original founder. Fore is famous for its ‘Seven Wonders’ which are the Anchorite in a stone, the water that will not boil, the monastery built on a bog, the mill without a millstream, the water that flows uphill, the tree which will not burn and the stone lintel raised by the saint’s prayers.