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St Fintan's Tree

Clonenagh, County Laois

A sacred tree hammered full of coins.

St Fintan founded a monastery at Clonenagh in the 500s. His holy well was said to have moved into a nearby sycamore tree after it was filled in, and the tree's hollows filled with water.

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When
Tradition
Where
53.0000, -7.3200
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

By the roadside near Clonenagh, between Mountrath and Portlaoise.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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