   devenish or devinishplacenames database of ireland: devinish () is an island in lower lough erne, county fermanagh, northern ireland. aligned roughly northâsouth, it is about one and a quarter miles long and two-thirds of a mile wide. the main place to get a ferry to the island is at trory point, just outside enniskillen. devenish island is owned by the kilravock christian trust.http://www.kilravockcastle.com/ == features == devenish contains one of the finest monastic sites in northern ireland. a round tower thought to date from the 12th century is situated on the island, as are the walls of the oratory of saint molaise who established the monastery in the 6th century, on a pilgrim route to croagh patrick in county mayo. it became a centre of scholarship and although raided by vikings in 837 and burned in 1157, it later flourished as the site of the parish church and st mary's augustinian priory. left|frame|painting of the 12th-century round tower and abbey on devenish island, lough erne there are extensive low earthworks on the hillside, but the earliest buildings are st molaise's house (a very small church) and the fine round tower close by, both with accomplished [[romanesque architecture|
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