Annals of Innisfallen

 Innisfallen Island (Faithlinn's Island) is located in Lough Leane, which means "lake of learning."  On the island are the ruins of a monastery that was founded in 640 by a monk known as Finian the Leper (now St. Finian, hopefully sans leprosy.)

For about 300 years, the monks here wrote "The Annals of Innisfallen," a history of Ireland (which chronicle amongst other things, the first Viking invasions of Ireland.)  The annals are now at Oxford University and due to their age and condition can never be opened again, but they were transcribed, and you can peruse them online.

The celtic cross you see here was found recently at the bottom of the lake by two fisherman, where it had been sitting for 700 years.  The abbey church, the complex, and an oratory remain (the cross is in the oratory) and the island is also home to many flora and fauna, including the doe and her fawn(a) seen here.  There are two yew trees which are hundreds of years old, and I hope to look nearly as good when I hit 800.  I imagine I will.