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Old Leighlin is a
tiny village in County Carlow, Ireland, 3km west of Leighlinbridge .
It is a designated Heritage Village
Old Leighlin is most noted for it's Cathedral. Early in the seventh
century St. Gobban founded a monastery at Old Leighlin where in 630
A.D. a Synod was held to deliberate on the time for the holding of
Easter. The Roman & the Celtic churches followed different systems.
The Synod decided in favour of the Roman system and St. Laserian,
who succeeded Gobban as abbot in 632A.D. was influential in this
matter. This Cathedral was once the home of 1500 monks. Today, there
are only a few remains, including Saint Laserians Cross. |
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