elphin raheen house

Passing eastwards to Elphin you pass Raheen House, once the home of the Irwins, where, on a visit there, Goldsmith got the idea for his play She Stoops to Conquer. Elphin, which had been the seat of a bishopric for 1500 years, has given its name to the diocese. St. Patrick founded a religious establishment here, over which he placed St. Assicus as its first bishop; he is the patron saint of the Elphin diocese to this day.