page_title: Tigernach of Clones
hierarchical_section_title: Tigernach of Clones
caption_attribution_description: English: Abbey of St. Peter + Paul, Clones. There has been an abbey on this site since the 6th century, when St. Tighernach founded the first abbey. This abbey architecturally dates from the 11th-12th centuries. The ruins are a National Monument.
context_page_description: Tigernach mac Coirpri was an early Irish saint, patron saint of Clones in the province of Ulster.
context_section_description: Tigernach mac Coirpri (d. 549) was an early Irish saint, patron saint of Clones (Co. Monaghan) in the province of Ulster.
caption: Clones Abbey
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