Seir Kieran

Seir Kieran is a remarkable site, not only due to its prominence as a fifth early medieval monastery, founded by St Kieran, but also as it contains a twelfth century monastery, a multi-period burial site, an Anglo-Norman castle and a medieval borough/town.

The Project

The site was active throughout the medieval and post-medieval periods and remains an active place of worship that is very much ‘alive’ within the local community. The Irish Heritage School have supported community based research at the site since 2017, which has included LiDAR laser scanning, geophysical survey, graveyard recording and an elongated educational program, including site tours, lectures series, vlogging, blogging, children’s workshops etc. Partly arising from all this work we successfully assisted the community in securing state funding for a major conservation program of extant medieval walls at the site, which was undertaken from 2022 to 2024. Want to know more… contact us or see our YouTube, Sketchfab or Offaly Heritage 10.