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Guagán Barra Where Ancient Saints Built Cork's Forest Cathedral

The ancient Celtic Christian origins demonstrated by Saint Finnbarr (Barra) who is said to have brought Christianity to the southwest of Ireland when St. Finbar built a monastery on the island in the lake during the sixth century illustrate how early Irish Christianity recogn…

Gougane Barra is a small place in County Cork. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.