St Molaise's Feast Day on the Lough Erne Pilgrim Way

Image showing yellow boat moored at the jetty with the monastic buildings of Devenish Island in the background
  • 12 Sep 2026
  • Hosted Event
  • Various Prices
  • 10am - 11.30am & 12pm - 1.30pm & 4pm - 5.30pm

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ on the Lough Erne Pilgrim Way

Saturday 12 September is the feast day of St Molaise, the founder and patron saint of Devenish Island and Inishmurray Island.ย ย Also known as Laisrรฉn of Devenish and Mo Laisse, he died in 564 and was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland educated under St Finnian of Clonard.

To mark the occasion, well-known Fermanagh storyteller, writer and historian ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ต will lead guided tours on Devenish Island from ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿฑ๐—ฝ๐—บ.

Those who know Seamas will know that he is a wealth of local knowledge and shares the stories of Fermanagh with great passion and wit.

๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ are available with Erne Water Taxi, departing from Enniskillen Castle Museums Jetty at ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฎ๐—บ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฐ๐—ฝ๐—บ.

Tickets are ยฃ25 per person. Limited spaces available.

Join Erne Water Taxi this Saturday and discover more about St Molaise and the remarkable heritage of Devenish Island along the Lough Erne Pilgrim Way.

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