St. Colman's Churchyard in Ardboe, County Tyrone

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Coordinates: 54.61947, -6.50421
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St. Colman founded a monastery in the year 590 on this site and built a church. The name Ardboe came from a legend that the mortar used to build the church came from a magic cow that emerged from the lough (Lough Neagh) that had gone dry. The milk from that cow gave strength to the builders as well as the building. In the 16th century, the old church built by St. Colman gave way to a new church – a church that still stands today as a crumbling ruin on the shores of Lough Neagh, within the present-day cemetery. The Ardboe High Cross, the first high cross built in Ulster, stands at the entrance to the cemetery. Although the head of the cross is damaged, it seems to be the only such cross in Northern Ireland to remain largely complete and original. The monastery was destroyed by fire in 1166.