St.  Brendan  founded  one  church  at  least  in  Leinster  at  a
place  called  Cluain  Imaire,  now  Clonamery,  in  the  co.  Kil-
kenny. It  stands  on  the  left  bank  of  the  river  Nore,  about
two  miles  below  Inistiogue.     Brandon  Hill  rises  a  little  to  the

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east  of  the  old  church,  whose  ruins  are  still  to  he  seen,  and
show  it  to  have  heen  of  the  most  primitive  type  of  church
architecture.
Brendan,  also,  probably  at  an  earlier  date,  founded  two
still  more  celebrated  establishments  in  the  West  of  Ireland
even  before  founding  Clonfert,  which  has  always  borne  his
name.
The  first  of  these  was  the  celebrated  monastery  of  An-
naghdown,  on  the  shore  of  Lough  Corrib,  which  he  founded
for  his  sister,  St.  Briga,  and  where  he  himself  died  on  Sun-
day, the  16th  of  May,  a.d.  577.
