{"id":10579,"date":"2019-11-06T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hookpeninsula.com\/?p=10579"},"modified":"2019-11-07T10:23:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T10:23:04","slug":"st-dubhans-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hookpeninsula.com\/coastal-life-blog\/st-dubhans-church","title":{"rendered":"St Dubhan&#8217;s Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4189&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]If you&#8217;ve ever visited the lighthouse you will have passed this historic site in the village before you get to the lighthouse.<\/p>\n<p>This ruin of a medieval church from the 11th Centuary is built on the site of Dubh\u00e1n&#8217;s monastery which was responsible for the original warning beacon at the site of the lighthouse and who were charged with looking after the tower after it was built by William Marshal.<\/p>\n<p>Dubh\u00e1n was one of three monks from the same Welsh family to settle on the peninsula in the 5th century. 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