The
monastery of
Clonmacnoise (
Cluain Mhic Nóis in
Irish, meaning "Meadow of the Sons of Nós", or perhaps, albeit less likely,
Cluain Muccu Nóis "Meadow of the Pigs of Nós") is situated in
County Offaly, Ireland on the
River Shannon south of
Athlone.