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Once you've wound your way back down to the main north-shore road again, turn right
and continue east with the airstrip on your left. On your right, you'll soon see a time-
passed graveyard up atop a sandy hill. Hike the 50 yards up into the graveyard to find...
St. Cavan's Church (Teampall Chaomhain)
St. Cavan was the brother of St. Kevin, who founded the monastery at Glendalough in the
ing the rugged roofless remains of an 11th-century church. The shifting sand dunes almost
buried it before sawgrass stabilized the hill. St. Cavan's reputed gravesite is protected by
a tiny modern structure worth poking your head into for its candlelit atmosphere. Local
folklore held that if you spent a night sleeping on the tomb lid, your particular illness
would be cured.
• Walk back down to the north-shore road and head out on the coast road (to the south-
east) 30 minutes to the remote...
Shipwreck of the
An Plassy
This freighter was wrecked offshore on Finn's Rock in 1960. But islanders worked with
the coastal patrol to help rescue the crew with no loss of life. A couple of weeks later the
