Holy Island on Lough Derg is one of the most famous historical and ecclesiastical sites in Ireland. Its many attractions include a Round Tower, ruins of 6 churches, a Holy Well, a unique graveyard with slabs dating from the 8th Century, Bullaun Stones, a cell like structure, which is one of the most extraordinary buildings in Ireland and a ‘bargaining’ stone where many a marriage was brokered. Hol
y Island is on the UNESCO World Heritage site tentative list as an Early Medieval Monastic site along with Clonmacnoise, Durrow, Glendalough, Kells and Monasterboice.