Monks from the Irish monastery in Regensburg are recorded as having undertaken a diplomatic visit to the Grand Prince of Kiev during the 1170’s. An Irish monastery was subsequently established in the city. Closed in 1242 due to the Mongol invasions. pic.twitter.com/OgH0hGE4u3

— Ó Bruadair 2.0 (@Bruadair2) February 7, 2022

Nobody expects a Mongol invasion.

That’ll learn them.

Schottenklöster: the early history and architecture of the Irish Benedictine monasteries in medieval Germany (Diarmuid O’Riain, UCD)