This and other sites are a reminder that Newbridge was an early Christian settlement.

It and its graveyard are located within the enclosure of an early Christian monastic settlement.

Duiblinn first appears as the name of a Christian ecclesiastical settlement which could not possibly have existed before the 5th century.

These attacks on Christian settlements in the islands of the west were nothing new.

He established one of the first Christian settlements in the country.

It is believed to be the oldest Christian settlement in Ireland.

In the Dark Ages, the island was used a seat of early Christian settlement.

The monastery is one of the oldest Christian settlements in Ireland dating from the 5th century.

The mob set fire to many Christian settlements, killing at least 38 people.

Leo is the patron saint of the island, and responsible for perhaps the first Christian settlement on the island.