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Saint Kieran's Chapel.
Kieran (pronounced KEER-un) was the founder of the city of Clonmacnoise at the
intersection of the River Shannon's north-south thoroughfare and a glacial
esker's east-west natural roadway across the island. This, reputedly, is the
remains of his hut, or chapel. The floor's flagstones are recent; farmers had
dug so many hands full of dirt from within the walls to spread on their fields
for blessing that the walls themselves were in danger of collapse.