St. Mochta's House

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St. Mochta's House
The Monk's House
Teach Naomh Mochta
St. Mochta's House is located in Ireland
St. Mochta's House
St. Mochta's House
53°57′12″N 6°32′43″W / 53.953412°N 6.545339°W / 53.953412; -6.545339
LocationPriorstate, Louth, County Louth
CountryIreland
DenominationChurch of Ireland
Previous denominationPre-Reformation Catholic
Architecture
Functional statusinactive
Heritage designation
Official nameSt. Mochta's House
Reference no.312
Style
Celtic Christianity
Years builtc. 1150–1200
Specifications
Length4.88 m (16.0 ft) (internal)
Width2.82 m (9 ft 3 in) (internal)
Number of floors2
Floor area13.7 m2 (147 sq ft)
Materialsstone
Administration
DioceseArmagh

St. Mochta's House is a medieval

National Monument in County Louth, Ireland.[1][2]

Location

St. Mochta's House is located to the northwest of Louth village.[3]

History

Mochta (d. AD 535/543) was a disciple of Saint Patrick and established a monastery at Louth village c. 528. There are no physical remains from the early monastery. The ruined buildings at the site today are the 13th century church of St. Mary's Priory, Louth and the oratory called St Mochta's House, which is believed to date from the second half of the twelfth century, although some sources place it earlier, in the 9th–11th centuries.[4]

There are many stone buildings in Ireland with the names of saints' houses, such as

canons abbots of Ireland held a great chapter to honour the Order in Louth when some of the relics which Mochta had assembled from Rome were raised."[5] This suggests that Mochta brought back relics of other saints from Rome, but it's also possible that his own bones were added to them.[6]

The surrounding wall was built in 1906 by Louth County Council, and conservation work was done in 1934 by the Office of Public Works.[7][8]

Building

St. Mochta's House is a rectangular building with barrel-vaulted roof, and a chamber above reachable by an internal stair.[9][10][11]

References

  1. ISBN 9780752490175
    – via Google Books.
  2. ISBN 9781441113443
    – via Google Books.
  3. ISBN 9781445614144
    – via Google Books.
  4. ISBN 9781900935067
    – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Part 19 of Annála Connacht". Archived from the original on 31 August 2003.
  6. ^ "St Mochta's House".
  7. ^ Mominthegarden (30 May 2012). "Historic St. Mary's Abbey and St. Mochta's House in our own little village".
  8. ^ Past, Ed Hannon-Visions of the (21 August 2013). "St Mochta's House and St Mary's Priory, Louth, Ireland".
  9. ^ "1180c. - St. Mochta's House, Louth, Co. Louth - Architecture of Louth - Archiseek - Irish Architecture". 6 January 2010.
  10. ^ "St. Mochta's House".
  11. ISBN 9780862787073
    – via Google Books.
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