Mathias of Inis Ní

Mathias of Inis Ní, Medieval Irish saint.

Biography

Inis Ní (Inishnee Island) is located in Bertraghboy Bay in Connemara, Ireland, and contains the remains of a chapel and well dedicated to Mathias, the probable founder of the Christian settlement on the island. The chapel is surrounded by a rectangular graveyard, with an alter to the north-east containing an upright cross-inscribed slab.

See also

• Macdara
• Scaithin
• Malachy Ó Caollaidhe
• Seven Sisters of Renvyle

References

• A Guide to Connemara's Early Christian Sites, Anthony Previté, Oughterard, 2008. ISBN 978 0 9560062 0 2