White Island, County Fermanagh

The ruins of an ancient church are found near the shore, built on the site of an earlier monastic settlement.

The Church and carved figures are State Care Historic Monuments sited in the townland of White Island, in Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area.

Location: OpenStreetMap Reference The ruined church on the island has a reconstructed plain Romanesque doorway.

Secured to the north side of the south wall are eight carvings (seven figures and one head) built into the masonry of the church.

Each pair a different height and suggests that because of the sockets on the top of their heads that they may have supported a pulpit or preaching chair of an earlier possible wooden church.