List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland
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Abbeys and priories in Ireland lists abbey
s, priories
, friaries or other monastic religious houses in Ireland
. This article does not include foundations in Northern Ireland
, which are covered in List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland.
Communities/provenance: shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as have been established as well as the fate of the establishment after dissolution
, and the current status of the site.
Alt. Name: some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time. In order to assist in text-searching such alternatives in name or spelling have been provided.
Formal Name/dedication: shows the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated, where known.
Refs.: presents links to online references to the particular establishment in addition to the general printed and online references given at the foot of this article. Establishments for which online references have not been specified are referred to within the printed references listed.
Location: provides a link to the geographical position of the site of the foundation where established. Where the location has been established the location is pinpointed (dependent on the available resolution of the map data), otherwise the general location is given in italic.
Monastic Glossary: following the listing, provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.
County Carlow
County Cavan
County Clare
The following supposed foundation in Co. Clare is prob. a confusion of other sites in Ireland:-
Inchmore Abbey: (fd. by St Senan
): An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland:http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sRAHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=inchmore+senan&source=web&ots=kNGP9dIv7z&sig=sVGOhyiOSjiU5dVRVGiUskF-lFE&hl=en
County Cork
County Donegal
County Dublin
County Galway
County Kerry
County Kildare
County Kilkenny
County Laois
County Leitrim
County Limerick
County Longford
County Louth
County Mayo
County Meath
County Monaghan
Clones 'Abbey': a ruined non-monastic church (NM)
County Offaly
County Roscommon
County Tipperary
County Waterford
County Westmeath
County Wexford
County Wicklow
Abbey
An abbey is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey,...
s, priories
Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
, friaries or other monastic religious houses in Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. This article does not include foundations in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
, which are covered in List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland.
Article layout
The list is presented alphabetically by County. Foundations are listed alphabetically within each county.Communities/provenance: shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as have been established as well as the fate of the establishment after dissolution
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
, and the current status of the site.
Alt. Name: some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time. In order to assist in text-searching such alternatives in name or spelling have been provided.
Formal Name/dedication: shows the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated, where known.
Refs.: presents links to online references to the particular establishment in addition to the general printed and online references given at the foot of this article. Establishments for which online references have not been specified are referred to within the printed references listed.
Location: provides a link to the geographical position of the site of the foundation where established. Where the location has been established the location is pinpointed (dependent on the available resolution of the map data), otherwise the general location is given in italic.
Monastic Glossary: following the listing, provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.
Abbreviations and Key
* | indicates current monastic function |
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+ | indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function |
^ | indicates current non-ecclesiastic function |
= | indicates remains incorporated into later structure |
# | indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains |
~ | indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown |
NM | National Monument |
C.I. | Church of Ireland |
R.C. | Roman Catholic Church |
ante | before | post | after | |
trns | transferred | rmv | removed | |
c. | circa (about) | fd. | founded | |
dis. | dissolved | fl. | flourished (where fd. and dis. not known) | |
exp. | expelled | rfd. | refounded | |
blt. | built | dst. | destroyed | |
prob. | probably | poss. | possibly |
County CarlowCounty CarlowCounty Carlow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Carlow, which lies on the River Barrow. Carlow County Council is the local authority for the county...
Foundation | Image | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name/dedication | Refs. | Location |
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Acaun # | supposed monastic site - order and period unknown | 52.8419725°N 6.7172813°W | ||||
Agha Monastery | Celtic monks fd. by St Fintan Saint Fintan Saint Fintan was born in Leinster. He received his religious formation in Terryglass, Co. Tipperary under the abbot Colum mac Crimthainn, and was deeply influenced by his penitential practices and the severity of the Rule. Fintan made his own foundation in Clonenagh, Co. Laois. He died in 603. His... ; poss. not fl. post10thC |
Achad-finglass Monastery; Achadfinglass Monastery; Augha Monastery |
http://www.libraryireland.com/LewisA/Agha.php http://www.from-ireland.net/car/lewis/carcounty.htm |
52.716628°N 6.919804°W | ||
Aghade Priory | Augustinian (Arrouasian) nuns, cell of St Mary de Hogges, Dublin fd. 1151 by Dermot mac Murchard, King of Leinster; dis. ante1500? |
Athaddy Priory; Athade Priory; Aghade Nunnery; Aghadh Priory |
http://monasticmatrix.org/monasticon/?function=detail&id=1110 http://www.ballonvillage.com/Aghade%20church.htm |
52.7600091°N 6.7365932°W | ||
Ballymoon Preceptory | Supposed (though dubious) establishment of Knights Templar fd. c.1300 | Bally MacWilliam-roe Preceptory | http://www.from-ireland.net/car/lewis/carcounty.htm | 52.7000541°N 6.9071388°W | ||
Carlow Monastery | Celtic monks | 52.834299°N 6.9255066°W | ||||
Poor Clare Monastery Carlow, Graiguecullen |
Poor Clares fd. 19thC |
http://www.poorclarescarlow.ie/journey/Invitation.htm | 52.8318424°N 6.9337571°W | |||
Clonmore Monastery | Celtic monks fd. 6thC by St Mogue Aedan of Ferns Saint Máedóc , also known as Áedan, was a saint in Irish tradition, founder and first bishop of Ferns and a patron of other churches, such as Rossinver and Drumlane .-Background:... ; poss. not fl. post10thC |
http://www.goireland.com/carlow/clonmore-heritage-tour-attraction-monastic-sites-id11682.htm | 52.8272595°N 6.5693307°W | |||
Dunleckney Preceptory | Knights Templar fd. 1300-1308 |
52.7080633°N 6.9536591°W | ||||
Killerig Preceptory | Knights Templar fd. ante1216 by Gilbert de Borard; Knights Hospitaller dis. and granted to the wife of Gerard Aylmer 1590 |
Killargy Preceptory; Killarge Preceptory |
52.843424°N 6.78792°W | |||
Killeshin Monastery | Celtic monks fd. 6thC by St Comghan |
http://www.irishtourist.com/laois/towns/killeshin/ | 52.8492558°N 6.9937849°W | |||
Leighlin Abbey | Celtic monks fd. 7thC by St Gobban |
Old Leighlin Abbey | http://www.from-ireland.net/car/lewis/carcounty.htm | 52.7363436°N 7.0291042°W | ||
Leighlinbridge Monastery | Carmelite monks fd. ante1273 by a member of the Carew family; dis. and converted into a fort |
http://www.from-ireland.net/car/lewis/carcounty.htm | 52.7355121°N 6.9784641°W | |||
Lorum Monastery | Celtic monks | |||||
St Mullin's Monastery | Celtic monks fd. 7thC; (NM) |
http://www.irishtourist.com/carlow/towns/saint_mullins | 52.488889°N 6.9275558°W | |||
St Mullin's Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 632 by St Molling; plundered and burnt ante1138; (NM) |
http://www.irishtourist.com/carlow/towns/saint_mullins http://www.goireland.com/carlow/saint-mullins-attraction-monastic-sites-id11684.htm |
52.488889°N 6.9275558°W | |||
Tullow Abbey # | Knights Hospitaller fd. 1212; Augustinian Canons Regular dis.; granted to Thomas, Earl of Ormond, December 1557 |
Tully Abbey; Tullagh Abbey; The Black Abbey |
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/tullow_town.htm | 52.8030209°N 6.7327309°W |
County CavanCounty CavanCounty Cavan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Cavan. Cavan County Council is the local authority for the county...
Foundation | Image | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name/dedication | Refs. | Location |
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Cavan Friary | Dominican Friars fd. (c.)1300 by Giolla O'Reilly; Franciscan Friars c.1393; Observant-Franciscan Friars ante1516-1826 |
The Friary Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cavan Cavan Cavan is the county town of County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The town lies in the north central part of Ireland, near the border with Northern Ireland... |
53.9897576°N 7.3620415°W | |||
Drumlane Abbey | Celtic monks fd. ante550, reputedly by St Maidoc; Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 12thC; dis.; granted for a term of 21 years to Hugh O'Reilly, Head of the Brenie sept c.1570; prob. demolished 16thC |
Drumlane Priory; Dromlahan Priory |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Drumlane Drumlane Drumlane is a monastery located in Milltown, County Cavan, Ireland. Located at the monastic site is an abbey, church and round tower which date back to 555. Drumlane was founded by Saint Columba, although Saint Mogue is generally associated with the monastery's foundation, evidence suggests that... |
http://www.discoverireland.ie/DI/resultsengine/IndividualResultTCS.aspx?touristItemID=48730 | 54.0591108°N 7.4779129°W | |
Killinagh Monastery | Celtic monks | 54.2863727°N 7.9117012°W | ||||
Killachad Abbey | fd. ante800 by St Tigernach; plundered by the English late12thC |
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Kilmore Abbey | Celtic monks fd. 6thC by St Columb; now the site of the Church of Ireland Cathedral |
53.9928861°N 7.4100208°W | ||||
Lough Oughter Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons fd. 1237 by Clarus M. Moylon, Archdeacon of Elphin dis. and granted for a period of 21 years to Hugh O'Reilly, Head of the Brenie sept 1570 |
Trinity Priory | 53.986255°N 7.463050°W | |||
Slanore Monastery | Celtic monks fd. by Colman mac Echdach |
53.9603276°N 7.4232388°W | ||||
Tomregan Monastery | Celtic monks | 54.116276°N 7.5953293°W | ||||
Urney Monastery | Celtic monks | http://www.urneyandcastlefinparish.com/Urney%20Parish/History%20of%20the%20Parish%202.htm | 54.0487064°N 7.4041843°W |
County ClareCounty Clare-History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones...
Foundation | Image | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name/dedication | Refs. | Location |
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Bishop's Island Monastery | Celtic monks fd. 6thC by St Senan Saint Senan Senán mac Geircinn is a prominent Munster saint in Irish tradition, founder of Inis Cathaig and patron of the Corco Baiscinn and the Uí Fhidgeinte.... |
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/stsenan.htm http://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Clare.php |
52.6746647°N 9.6910572°W | |||
Canon Island Abbey Canon Island Abbey Canon Island Abbey is a ruined Augustinian monastery located on the extreme northeast corner of Canon Island on the River Shannon in County Clare, Ireland.... |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. end12thC by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick; dis.; granted to Henry, Earl of Thomond; (NM) |
Inisnegananagh Priory | 52.6659167°N 9.0529863°W | |||
Clare Abbey Clare Abbey Clare Abbey is a ruined Augustinian monastery located about a mile north of the Clarecastle in County Clare, Ireland.The abbey was founded in 1194 under the sponsorship of Donal Mór Ua Briain , the king of Thomond. The ruins include a church and cloister with ranges of domestic buildings to the... , Clarecastle |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1189 or 1191 by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick dis.; granted to Henry, Earl of Thomond 1661; (NM) |
Clareabbey | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Paul of Tarsus Paul the Apostle , also known as Saul of Tarsus, is described in the Christian New Testament as one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with the writings ascribed to him by the church forming a considerable portion of the New Testament... , Clareabbey Clare Abbey Clare Abbey is a ruined Augustinian monastery located about a mile north of the Clarecastle in County Clare, Ireland.The abbey was founded in 1194 under the sponsorship of Donal Mór Ua Briain , the king of Thomond. The ruins include a church and cloister with ranges of domestic buildings to the... |
52.829006°N 8.969058°W | ||
Corcomroe Abbey Corcomroe Abbey Corcomroe Abbey is an early 13th-century Cistercian monastery located in the north of the Burren region of County Clare, Ireland, a few miles east of the village of Ballyvaughan. It was once known as "St... |
Cistercian monks fd. 1194/5, endowed by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick; dis.; granted to Richard Harding; (NM) |
Sancta Maria de Petra Fertili | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary of the Fertile Rock, Corcomroe Corcomroe Corcomroe is the anglicised form of the tuath of Corco Modhruadh in the north of County Clare on the west coast of Ireland. It is also the name of the obsolete barony which covers the south-western half of this tuath... |
http://www.libraryireland.com/articles/AbbeyBurrenPGI/index.php | 53.1267663°N 9.0539575°W | |
Drumcliff Monastery | Celtic monks fd. 6thC reputedly by St Colmcille Columba Saint Columba —also known as Colum Cille , Colm Cille , Calum Cille and Kolban or Kolbjørn —was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period... |
http://www.goireland.com/sligo/monastic-sites-in-sligo-county-page1.htm http://www.megalithicireland.com/High%20Cross%20Drumcliffe.htm |
52.867895°N 8.997550°W | |||
Dysert O Dea Monastery Dysert O Dea monastery Dysert O'Dea Church near Corofin in County Clare, Ireland stands on the site of an early Christian monastery which was founded by St. Tola, who died in about A.D. 735, although most of the present buildings are from the 12th century.-Architecture:... |
Celtic monks fd. ante735; remains of 12thC church on site |
Dissert O'Dea Monastery | http://www.dysertcastle.com/ http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/the_burren/dysert_odea_church.htm |
52.909244°N 9.068390°W | ||
Ennis Friary * | Franciscan Friars fd. ante1242? by Donchad Cairbreach O'Brien, King of Thomond; c.1284 reformed 1550; dis.; granted to the Earl of Thomond 1578; granted to William Dongan Esq.; last friar died 1617; friars returned 1628; exp. 1651; friars returned c.1660; exp. 1693; parish church 1615; Franciscan Friars 1969–present |
Nave: St Francis Francis of Assisi Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St... |
http://www.goireland.com/clare/ennis-Franciscan-friary-attraction-friaries-id12603.htm http://www.dochara.com/play/all/ennis-friary.php http://www.ennisparish.com/fe/friary.php http://Franciscans.ie/content/view/24/33/ |
52.846016°N 8.981610°W | ||
Ennis Friary * | Franciscan Friars fd. 1841; acq. 1854; Provincial Novitiate House 1877; Novitiate House of the Irish Province 1902 |
52.846016°N 8.981610°W | ||||
Ennis Monastery * | Minoresses | 52.8465862°N 8.9835548°W | ||||
Enniskerry Monastery | Celtic nuns | Mutton Island Monastery | 52.813077°N 9.512596°W | |||
Ennistimon Monastery | Celtic monks | Ennistymon Monastery | 52.9377762°N 9.3014717°W | |||
Feenish Monastery | Celtic nuns | 52.7058791°N 8.972311°W | ||||
Glencolumbkille Abbey | Columban monks fd. by St Columcille Columba Saint Columba —also known as Colum Cille , Colm Cille , Calum Cille and Kolban or Kolbjørn —was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period... ; CI Church on site |
Glan Columb-chille | 53.0337297°N 9.0000343°W | |||
Illaunmore Monastery | Celtic monks poss. not fl. post10thC |
Mucinis Monastery? | 52.9653905°N 8.2950211°W | |||
Illaunmore #, Lough Derg |
poss. monastic site - order and period unknown | 52.5991117°N 9.7725964°W | ||||
Inchicronan Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular from Clareabbey fd. 1189 by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick, parish church 1302, blt. on the site of an earlier monastery; dis.; granted to Henry, Earl of Thomond 1661; (NM) |
Inchycronayne Monastery | 52.917942°N 8.906492°W | |||
Inishcealtra Monastery, Inishcealtra (Holy Island) |
fd. 653 by St Camin, buried here | Iniskeltair Abbey; Iniscealtra Monastery; Inis Cealtra Abbey; Inishcaltra Monastery |
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/earlychristian.htm http://www.clare.ie/members/listing.php?id=17 |
52.915574°N 8.448333°W | ||
Inishloe Abbey | Celtic monks fd. by Turlogh, King of Thomond, buried here |
Inisanlaoi Abbey | 52.6770066°N 9.0194321°W | |||
Kilcarragh Monastery | Granted to John King | http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/dutton_survey/dutton_survey_chapter5.25.htm | 52.9871747°N 9.2246103°W | |||
Kilfenora Monastery | Celtic monks prob. continuing post1111 |
52.915630°N 9.2153406°W | ||||
Kilfenora Abbey | Franciscan friars; (NM) | |||||
Killadusert Monastery | Celtic monks | Killadysert Monastery | 52.6733636°N 9.106636°W | |||
Killaloe Monastery | Celtic monks prob. continuing post1111 |
52.805563°N 8.441749°W | ||||
Killone Abbey Killone Abbey Killone Abbey, situated on the banks of Killone Lake some 3 miles south of Ennis, County Clare, was an Augustinian nunnery founded in 1190 by Donal Mor O'Brien, King of Thomond and Munster and dedicated to Saint John.... |
Augustinian nuns fd. 1180 (or monks fd. 1120) by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick now in the grounds of Newhall House, with public access |
Killoen Abbey | The Abbey Church of Saint John John the Apostle John the Apostle, John the Apostle, John the Apostle, (Aramaic Yoħanna, (c. 6 - c. 100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James, another of the Twelve Apostles... , Killone |
52.806224°N 09.004370°W | ||
Kilshanny Monastery | Augustinian Canons Regular cell dis.; granted to Robert Hickman |
Kilshonny Monastery | http://www.libraryireland.com/articles/AbbeyBurrenPGI/index.php http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/frost/chap7_kilshanny_parish.htm http://www.lisdoonvarnakilshanny.com/pages.asp?pageid=75584 |
52.9802763°N 9.2995834°W 52.9669672°N 9.2594576°W |
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Kilnagellech Monastery | Celtic nuns | Kinagalliagh Monastery | 52.6480629°N 9.5650148°W | |||
Noughaval Monastery | Celtic monks | http://www.goireland.com/ireland/monastic-sites-in-ireland-page1.htm | 53.0157643°N 9.182682°W | |||
Outhgmama Monastery | 53.1304486°N 8.9680195°W | |||||
Quin Abbey Quin Abbey Quin Abbey in Ireland was built between 1402 and 1433 by Sioda Cam MacNamara, for Fathers Purcell and Mooney, monks of the Franciscan order, in Quin, County Clare. Although mostly roofless, the structure of the abbey is relatively well preserved... |
Franciscan friars blt. 1402-1433 by MacNamara; dis.; granted to Sir Tirlagh O'Brien, of Irishdyman 1583; repaired by Roman Catholics 1604; (NM) |
Quin Friary; Quinchy Monastery |
52.8176513°N 8.8586712°W | |||
Rath Monastery | Celtic monks | Rathblathmaic Monastery | 52.9113348°N 9.0746212°W | |||
Rossmanagher Monastery | Celtic nuns | 52.7204902°N 8.7858868°W | ||||
Scattery Island Monastery Scattery Island Cathedral and Monastery -Cathedral and monastery:Scattery Island Cathedral and monastery is an early Christian place of pilgrimage, where St Senan, Bishop and confessor, founded a monastery, in the Shannon estuary, 5 km southwest of Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland... |
Celtic monks fd. 6thC by St Senan Saint Senan Senán mac Geircinn is a prominent Munster saint in Irish tradition, founder of Inis Cathaig and patron of the Corco Baiscinn and the Uí Fhidgeinte.... (or by St Patrick); granted to the Mayor and Corporation of Limerick c.1577 |
Inishscattery Monastery | 52.6142015°N 9.5168316°W | |||
Tomfinlough Monastery | Celtic monks; prob. not continuing post10thC; site now occupied by remains of Tomfinlough church |
Finlough Monastery | 52.7830388°N 8.8395309°W | |||
Tomgraney Abbey | Celtic monks | Tomgrany Abbey; Tuamgranney Abbey; Tuamgraney Abbey |
52.8975644°N 8.5420418°W | |||
Tulla Abbey | Celtic monks | 52.86685°N 8.7565327°W |
The following supposed foundation in Co. Clare is prob. a confusion of other sites in Ireland:-
Inchmore Abbey: (fd. by St Senan
Saint Senan
Senán mac Geircinn is a prominent Munster saint in Irish tradition, founder of Inis Cathaig and patron of the Corco Baiscinn and the Uí Fhidgeinte....
): An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland:http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sRAHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=inchmore+senan&source=web&ots=kNGP9dIv7z&sig=sVGOhyiOSjiU5dVRVGiUskF-lFE&hl=en
County CorkCounty CorkCounty Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
Foundation | Image | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name/dedication | Refs. | Location |
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Abbeymahon Abbey Abbeymahon Abbey Abbeymahon Abbey is a ruined abbey situated near Timoleague, County Cork, Ireland. It was founded in 1172 by Dermot MacCormac MacCarthy, king of Desmond. The site was originally at Aghamanister and was colonized with a group of Cistercian monks from Baltinglass... |
Cistercian monks trns from Aghamanister fd. 1278 by Count McSheribay; dis. 1541 |
Abbey Mahon Abbey; Maure Abbey |
http://Cistercians.shef.ac.uk/abbeys/abbeymahon.php | 51.6367183°N 8.7362766°W | ||
Abbeystrowry Abbey | Cistercian monks fd. 14thC |
Strowry Abbey | http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1HMuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA240&lpg=PA240&dq=strowry+abbey&source=web&ots=m7xy4MUAWR&sig=JFmnu12zkJJO7xahdeyjfi5BnrY&hl=en | '51.5517524°N 9.2885542°W | ||
Aghadown Monastery | Celtic monks | Aughadown Monastery | 51.5385948°N 9.3866158°W | |||
Aghamanister Abbey | Cistercian monks from Baltinglass; fd. 1172 by Dermot MacCormac MacCarthy, King of Desmond trns to Abbeymahon Abbeymahon Abbey Abbeymahon Abbey is a ruined abbey situated near Timoleague, County Cork, Ireland. It was founded in 1172 by Dermot MacCormac MacCarthy, king of Desmond. The site was originally at Aghamanister and was colonized with a group of Cistercian monks from Baltinglass... 1278 |
http://Cistercians.shef.ac.uk/abbeys/abbeymahon.php | 51.625527°N 8.774344°W | |||
Ballybeg Priory Ballybeg Priory Ballybeg Priory is a 13th century priory situated near the town of Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland.- History :... |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1229 by Philip de Barry; dis.; granted for 21 years to George Boucher, Esq c.1573 (who forfeited for non-payment of rent); granted to the wife of Sir Thomas Norris, Governor of Munster; (NM) |
http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/cork/buttevant/ballybeg.html http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/cork/buttevant/ballybeg.html |
52.219334°N 8.669831°W | |||
Ballygarvan ~ | supposed monastic site - order and period unknown | 51.8221982°N 8.4618759°W | ||||
Ballymacadane Abbey | nuns fd. 1450 by Cormac MacCarthy |
Ballymacadane Nunnery | http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/i.php | 51.8382072°N 8.5692394°W | ||
Ballymacadane Friary | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular | 51.8382072°N 8.5692394°W | ||||
Ballynoe ~ | supposed monastic site - order and period unknown | 51.9918572°N 8.0608749°W | ||||
Ballyvourney Abbey | Celtic nuns blt. 650 by St Abban, for St Gobonate; poss. continuing after 1111 Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular |
Ballvourney Abbey | http://www.antiochian.org/node/17505 | 51.9433125°N 9.1718674°W | ||
Bantry Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. 1466 by Dermot O'Sullivan Beare demolished |
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HXQHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=bantry+friary&source=web&ots=LXIg26St5B&sig=Mdufste76PYEFtQXuL3CkmpT_Uk&hl=en http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/wwwopac.exe?DATABASE=catalo&LANGUAGE=0&OPAC_URL=accesspoint.asp&SUCCESS=&%250=384331 |
51.6792614°N 9.4499588°W | |||
Bawnatemple Monastery | Celtic monks | 51.8872993°N 8.8726401°W | ||||
Bridgetown Abbey Bridgetown Abbey Bridgetown Abbey, was a 13th century Augustinian monastery of the priors of St. Victor. Its ruins may be viewed in Castletownroche, County Cork, Ireland near where the River Awbeg meets the Blackwater.-See also:... |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. early13thC by Alexander FitzHugh Roche |
Bridge Town Priory | http://www.goireland.com/cork/bridgetown-augustinian-priory-attraction-priory-id15374.htm | 52.149396°N 8.4499884°W | ||
Brigown Monastery | Celtic monks poss. not continuing post10thC |
52.2610659°N 8.2684994°W | ||||
Buttevant Friary Buttevant Franciscan Friary A 13th century Franciscan Friary is situated in the middle of the town of Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland- History :According to the tradition of the Observant Franciscans the proto-friary of the Irish Province of the Order, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was founded at Youghal by Maurice Fitz Gerald... |
Franciscan Friars fd. 1251 (or 1290) by David Oge Barry, Lord Buttevant; dis.; re-occupied from Restoration English Restoration The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms... to post1800; (NM) |
Ecclesia Tumulorum | http://www.discoverireland.ie/DI/resultsengine/IndividualResultTCS.aspx?touristItemID=50257 | 52.231536°N 8.669136°W | ||
Carrigillihy Monastery | poss. Cistercian monks; blt. 1172 by Dermot MacCarthy, King of Desmond; dis.; granted to Nicholas Walshe, in perpetuity c.1587 |
Carigillihy Monastery; Curraghalicky Abbey; Abbey de Sancto Mauro |
51.5396625°N 9.1281796°W | |||
Castlecor ~ | supposed monastic site - order and period unknown | 52.2030831°N 8.8020229°W | ||||
Castlelyons Abbey | Carmelite monks fd. from within the de Barry family |
Castle Lyons Abbey | http://www.castlelyonsparish.com/abbey.html | 52.0891217°N 8.2339901°W | ||
Castlelyons Friary | Dominican friars, fd. 1307 by John de Barry; Dominicans, Franciscans and Carmelites were associated with the foundation dis. 1541; granted to Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork a hedge school Hedge school A hedge school is the name given to an educational practice in 18th and 19th century Ireland, so called due to its rural nature. It came about as local educated men began an oral tradition of teaching the community... 18thC |
Castle Lyons Monastery | http://www.churchtown.net/Webpages/thingstodo/monuments.htm | 52.0911718°N 8.2401967°W | ||
Castlemartyr Priory | Carmelite monks | 51.9099142°N 8.0585575°W | ||||
Cecilstown ~ | supposed monastic site - order and period unknown | 52.1670357°N 8.7703514°W | ||||
Clear Island Monastery | Celtic monks | 51.4382262°N 9.5094395°W | ||||
Clogagh Friary | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular | 51.6747907°N 8.8003922°W | ||||
Clonmeen Monastery | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. by Mr O'Callaghan |
Clonmere Monastery | 52.137808°N 8.8650227°W | |||
Cloyne Cathedral Monastery and Nunnery Cloyne Cathedral St. Coleman's Cathedral, Cloyne is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Cloyne, County Cork in Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin.... |
Nunnery; dst. many times by Vikings | 51.861735°N 8.119227°W | ||||
Coole Abbey | Franciscan friars | 52.109154°N 8.203955°W | ||||
Cork Augustinian Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 600 by St Finbar; dis.; granted c.1590 to Cormac MacCarthy and Sir Richard Grenville CI Church on site |
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Cork Augustinian Priory * | Augustinian Canons Regular blt. 1780 |
http://www.staugustinescork.ie/ | 51.8980885°N 8.4759468°W | |||
Cork Monastery # | site prob. now occupied by St Finbarr's Cathedral | 51.8943246°N 8.4803617°W | ||||
Cork Augustinian Monastery | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 14th/15thC by Lord Kinsale; dis.; granted to Cormac MacCarthy c.1576 |
Red Abbey Tower | The Abbey Church of the Most Holy Trinity | http://www.staugustinescork.ie/tour-of-st-augustines-church-cork | 51.8940896°N 8.472138°W | |
Cork Black Friary | Dominican friars fd. 1229 by Philip de Barry; dis.; granted to William Boureman c.1543 |
http://www.localhistories.org/cork.html | ||||
Cork - Gill Abbey | fd. 7thC; site near University College, Cork |
51.8938678°N 8.4931827°W | ||||
Cork - St Stephen's Priory | fd. ante1295; converted to the Blue-coat Hospital 1674 |
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Cork Grey Friary | Franciscan friars fd. 1214 by Dermont MacCarthy Reagh; dis.; granted to Andrew Skydy c.1565 |
http://www.localhistories.org/cork.html | ||||
Cork Nunnery | nuns fd. c.1327 by William de Barry poss. on site later occupied by Market House |
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Cork Preceptory | Knights Templar blt. 1292 |
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Cullen Monastery | Celtic nuns | 52.1121455°N 9.1190815°W | ||||
Donaghmore Monastery | fd. by St Fingene now parochial church |
Donoughmore Monastery | 51.9887916°N 8.7437439°W | |||
Fermoy Monastery #? | Cistercian monks dis.; granted to Sir Richard Grenville c.1590 |
de Castro Dei | 52.137596°N 8.281717°W | |||
Garinish Monastery | Celtic monks | Kilchuillin Monastery | 51.6904895°N 9.6183586°W | |||
Glanworth Abbey | Dominican friars fd. 1227 by the Roche family |
http://www.churchtown.net/Webpages/thingstodo/monuments.htm http://www.ecclesiasticalireland.org/glanworth/index.htm |
52.1908908°N 8.3571357°W | |||
Goleen Friary | Franciscan friars | Gahannyh Friary? | 51.4950914°N 9.7071934°W | |||
Gouganebarra Monastery | Celtic monks | Gougane Barra Monastery | 51.8313753°N 9.3473053°W | |||
Inishcarra Monastery | Celtic monks fd. by St Senan; dis. |
Iniscarra Monastery; Iniscara Abbey |
51.9082198°N 8.6540508°W | |||
Inishleena Monastery | Celtic nuns | 51.906843°N 8.7010002°W | ||||
Iniskieran Monastery | Franciscan friars fd. 1460 by Florence Moar O'Driscoll |
Clear Island Monastery | 51.4388682°N 9.4951916°W | |||
Kilbeacon Monastery | Celtic monks; fd. 650 by St Abban |
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Kilcatherine Cell | Celtic nuns fd. by St Caitiarn, niece of St Senan Saint Senan Senán mac Geircinn is a prominent Munster saint in Irish tradition, founder of Inis Cathaig and patron of the Corco Baiscinn and the Uí Fhidgeinte.... ; double monastery |
Cell Catigern; Cell-chatiern; Cell-chatigern |
http://monasticmatrix.org/monasticon/index.php?function=detail&id=1105 | 51.7155366°N 9.969551°W | ||
Kilcrea Friary Kilcrea Friary Kilcrea Friary is located near Ovens in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the barony of Muskerry, a short distance west of Cork city... |
Franciscan friars fd. 1465 by Cormac MacCarthy More, King of Desmond; dis. 1577; granted on lease to Sir Cormock MacCarthy who left the Friars in occupancy sacked 1599; rst. 1604; exp. c.1614; granted by Oliver Cromwell to Lord Broghill 1641 in trusteeship of Commissioners of Public Works 1892; (NM) |
51.8631624°N 8.7114716°W | ||||
Kilcrea Nunnery | 51.8614398°N 8.7114716°W | |||||
Kilcrumper Monastery | Celtic monks Benedictine monks; bestowed on Glascarrig 15thC |
Cill Cruimthir Monastery | http://www.ballygarrett.com/history/glascarrig/index.html | 52.1882467°N 8.2691002°W | ||
Kilkilleen ~ | supposed monastic site - order and period unknown | 51.5278096°N 9.3926239°W | ||||
Killabraher ~ | supposed monastic site - order and period unknown | 52.2629045°N 8.8029671°W | ||||
Killaconenagh Monastery | Celtic nuns | Killachad conchean? | 51.6386893°N 9.9479485°W | |||
Killeenemer Monastery | ||||||
Kilmaclenine Monastery | Celtic monks | 52.211078°N 8.752327°W | ||||
Kilmoney Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | 51.7979468°N 8.4043694°W | ||||
Kilnamanagh Monastery | Celtic nuns | Kilmana Monastery | 51.6319237°N 10.048542°W | |||
Kinneigh Monastery | Celtic monks fd. by ; poss. not surviving post10thC |
51.7672556°N 8.9896488°W | ||||
Kinsale Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | St Gobban | 51.7076855°N 8.528502°W | |||
Kinsale Friary* | Carmelite Friars fd. 1334 by Robert Fitzrichard Balrain; dis. 1543; re-blt 2003-2006 |
Kinsale Abbey | The Friary Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Friary Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
http://www.Carmeliteskinsale.com/ http://www.carmeliteskinsale.com/html/history.html http://www.friars-lodge.com/history.html |
51.708622°N 8.525131°W | |
Kilshanahan ~ | supposed monastic site - order and period unknown | 52.0352807°N 8.3218002°W | ||||
Labbamolaga Monastery | Celtic monks fd. 7thC by St Molaga, reputedly buried here |
http://www.goireland.com/cork/churches-historical-in-cork-county-page1.htm | 52.3008162°N 8.3415413°W | |||
Legan Abbey, Monkstown Monkstown, County Cork Monkstown is a village in County Cork, Ireland, in the old barony of Kerrycurrihy. It lies 9 miles southeast of Cork city on the estuary of the River Lee, facing Great Island and looking onto Monkstown Bay.... |
Benedictine monks, daughter house of Waterford Priory fl. 1301 |
http://ireland.archiseek.com/buildings_ireland/cork/monkstown/lewis.html | 51.8502276°N 8.3354044°W | |||
Lueim Monastery | ||||||
Lough Ine Monastery | Celtic monks | Templebreedy Monastery | 51.4997669°N 9.2976093°W | |||
Midleton Abbey # | Cistercian monks from Monasteranenagh fd. 1179/80 by the FitzGerald family (or the Barry family); dis. ante1573; dst. 19thC; Baptist church of St John reputedly occupies the site |
de Choro Sancti Benedicti; Monasterore Abbey; Middleton Abbey |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary of Chore | http://www.eastcorktourism.com/midleton.php | 51.9136966°N 8.1744826°W | |
Monanimy Commandery | Knights Templar | Monanimy Preceptory | http://homepage.eircom.net/~killavullen/Community%20Council/History%20of%20Killavullen.htm http://www.libraryireland.com/Lewis/LewisM/21-MONANIMY.php/index.php |
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Mourne Abbey Mourne Abbey Mourneabbey is a small parish just south of Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, on the main Mallow-Cork Road and Rail Line. The population of the parish is about 1,000 people. There are two churches and schools in the area, Analeentha and Burnfort.-History:The Abbey was built c. 1199 by the Knights... |
Knights Templar fd. 13thC by Alexander de Sancta Helena; later, Knights Hospitaller |
Mourne Preceptory; Ballynamona Preceptory |
52.0810489°N 8.626349°W | |||
The Priory, Newmarket | 52.2154956°N 8.9978886°W | |||||
Nohaval Monastery | Celtic monks | 51.7218178°N 8.3886623°W | ||||
Nohavaldaly Monastery | Celtic monks | Nohaval-daly Monastery | 52.097437°N 9.2025948°W | |||
Ross Priory | Benedictine monks fd. 590 by Saint Fachnan Mougach |
Rosscarbery Priory; Rosailithir Ross Carberry Priory |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Rosscarbery Rosscarbery Rosscarbery or Roscarbery is a town in County Cork, Ireland. The town is on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay.-History:... |
51.5766428°N 9.0329933°W | ||
Sherkin Friary | Observant-Franciscan Friars fd. 1460/1470; dis. 1537; (NM) |
Sherkin Island Abbey | 51.475981°N 9.399796°W | |||
Skeam West Monastery | Celtic monks | 51.4953319°N 9.4363976°W | ||||
Spittle Bridge Monastery | Celtic monks | 52.2027675°N 8.2749367°W | ||||
Strawhall Monastery | Celtic monks | Kilbrenan Monastery | 51.8190149°N 8.7920666°W | |||
Templefaughtna ~ | supposed Knights Templar foundation | 51.5772296°N 8.9973736°W | ||||
Timoleague Friary Timoleague Friary Timoleague Friary is a Franciscan friary located in Timoleague, County Cork, Ireland. It dates from about 1300.... |
Franciscan Friars trns from Cregan 1279, blt on the site of an earlier monastery; dis.; passed to Lord Inchiquin; (NM) |
'Timoleague Abbey' | 51.6419918°N 8.7647724°W | |||
Toames Monastery | Celtic monks | Tuaim-muscraighe Monastery? | 51.8672701°N 8.9533424°W | |||
Tracton Abbey | Cistercian monks blt. 1224 by McCarthy dis.; granted to James Craig and Henry Guilford 1568; assigned by Craig to the Earl of Cork |
Albus tractus | 51.7612862°N 8.3921921°W | |||
Tullylease Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular | 52.317452°N 8.940897°W | ||||
Weeme Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fl. 14thC |
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North Abbey, Youghal North Abbey, Youghal North Abbey, Youghal was a 13th century Dominican Priory situated north of Youghal, County Cork, Ireland- History :The Dominican Priory of North Abbey, Youghal was founded in 1268 by Thomas Fitzmaurice, whose grandfather Maurice Fitzgerald had founded the Franciscan Friary of South Abbey,... |
Dominican monks blt. 1268 by Maurice, descendant of Lord Offaly; dis.; granted to William Walsh c.1580 |
51.9574371°N 7.854259°W | ||||
South Abbey, Youghal South Abbey, Youghal South Abbey, Youghal was a 13th century Franciscan Friary that was situated south of Youghal, County Cork, Ireland- History :The Franciscan Friary of South Abbey, Youghal was founded in 1224 by Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly, and he was buried there in 1257... |
Franciscan monks blt. 1224 by Maurice Fitzgerald, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland |
51.9488148°N 7.8425431°W | ||||
Youghal Priory Youghal Priory Youghal Priory is a twelfth century Benedictine Priory situated in the centre of Youghal, County Cork, Ireland.-Features:Small portions of the building still survive, which include a Gothic moulded door, ornamental spandrels and a gable-end with period window. The archway beyond the door leads to a... |
Benedictine monks | 51.956600°N 7.851467°W |
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Foundation | Image | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name/dedication | Refs. | Location |
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Ard Mhuire Friary* | Capuchin-Franciscan Friars | 55.1226618°N 7.9102421°W | ||||
Assaroe Abbey | Cistercian monks from Boyle Boyle Abbey Boyle Abbey was the first successful foundation in Connacht of the Cistercian order which had opened its first Irish house at Mellifont, County Louth, in 1142.-History:... fd. 1178 by Roderick O'Cananan, Prince of Tyrconnell; dis. post1597 |
Astrath Abbey | 54.509034°N 8.200937°W | |||
Balleeghan Friary | Franciscan Friars | 54.981219°N 7.606091°W | ||||
Ballymacswiney Monastery | 55.1384624°N 7.9139328°W | |||||
Ballymagroarty Monastery | Ballymagrorty Monastery | 54.5502386°N 8.1353331°W | ||||
Ballysaggart Friary | Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular, fd. c. 1500(?), dissolved c. 1602 | Fanagarah Friary; Fanegarah Monastery |
54.594282°N 8.392811°W | |||
Bothchonais Monastery | Celtic monks fl. 11thC |
55.2904555°N 7.2094345°W | ||||
Clonca Monastery | Celtic monks | 55.3704782°N 7.3299408°W | ||||
Clonleigh Monastery | Celtic monks blt. by St Columb c.530; C.I. church on site |
54.8721621°N 7.4552536°W | ||||
Clonmany Monastery | Celtic monks blt. by St Columb; prob. fl. post1111 |
55.2614141°N 7.4108791°W | ||||
Conwal Abbey | Celtic monks fd. c.587; prob. fl. post1111 |
Conwall Monastery | 54.941960°N 7.782754°W | |||
Cnodain Monastery | mentioned by Wm Cobbett | |||||
Desertegny Monastery | Celtic monks | 55.1742604°N 7.4981689°W | ||||
Domnachglinne Tochair Monastery | Celtic monks | Domnachglinne Tochuir Monastery | ||||
Domnach-mor-magene Monastery | Celtic monks | Domnachmormagene Monastery | 54.4813086°N 8.2730484°W | |||
Donagh Monastery | Celtic monks | 55.2521203°N 7.2605896°W | ||||
Donegal Friary | Observant-Franciscan fd. 1473/4; dis. 1601; (NM) |
'Donegal Abbey'; Donegall Friary |
54.6504672°N 8.1154257°W | |||
Donagmore Monastery | Celtic monks poss. fl. post1111 |
54.7912836°N 7.5525856°W | ||||
Drumhome Monastery | Celtic monks poss. fl. post1111 |
54.5997405°N 8.1425858°W | ||||
Eskaheen | Iskaheen Monastery | 55.0895192°N 7.2809315°W | ||||
Fahan Monastery | Celtic monks fd. by St Columb, poss. fl. post10thC site now occupied by C.I. church |
55.083211°N 7.460766°W | ||||
Gartan-Rath Monastery | Celtic monks fd. by St Columb 521 |
Garton Monastery; Gartan Monastery |
55.015640°N 7.908705°W | |||
Glencolumbkille Monastery | Celtic monks poss. not fl. post10thC |
54.7101438°N 8.7252045°W | ||||
Hilfothuir Abbey | Cistercian monks blt. by O'Dogharty |
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Inis Saimer Monastery# | Celtic monks | Ines Samer Monastery | 54.500949°N 8.200342°W | |||
Inishkeel Monastery | Celtic monks | Inis Keel Monastery | 54.8476091°N 8.4548378°W | |||
Inver Abbey | blt. 563 by St Nutalis Franciscan Friary blt. on site (see immediately below) |
54.6530307°N 8.2845497°W | ||||
Inver Friary | Franciscan Friars; fd. c.1500 on the remains of an earlier abbey (see immediately above) |
54.6530307°N 8.2845497°W | ||||
Kilbarron Monastery | Celtic monks | 54.5347289°N 8.2162285°W | ||||
Kilcar Monastery | Celtic monks, founded by St. Carthach Carthage the Elder Saint Carthage the Elder was an Irish bishop and abbot in the sixth century. His feast day is March 5.The saint is mainly known as the tutor and fosterer of his greater namesake, Saint Carthage of Lismore, also known as Saint Mochuda. Carthage was of the Eóganacht Chaisil and son, or, more... in the 6th century |
Kilcartaich Monastery | 54.6335115°N 8.5919094°W | |||
Killybegs Friary | Franciscan Friars blt. by M'Sweeney-bannig |
54.6352999°N 8.4499454°W | ||||
Killydonnell Friary | Franciscan Friars | 55.0232006°N 7.616787°W | ||||
Kilmacrenan Friary | Franciscan Friars blt. on the site of earlier abbey C.I. church on site |
55.0304818°N 7.7778053°W | ||||
Kilmacrenan Monastery | Celtic monks poss. fl. post1111 |
55.0304818°N 7.7778053°W | ||||
Kilmonaster Monastery | Cistercian monks blt. 1194 by O'Dogharty |
Kilfothuir Monastery; Hilfothuir Abbey |
54.8264035°N 7.5773048°W | |||
Lough Derg Monastery, Station Island |
Celtic monks; Augustinian Canons Regular c.1130, trns to Saints Island |
54.6159213°N 7.8820038°W | ||||
Lough Derg Friary, Saints Island |
Augustinian Canons Regular c.1130 Franciscan Friars fd. ante1631 |
54.615638°N 7.885235°W | ||||
Lough Derg Monastery, Station Island | Franciscan Friars 1763 | 54.6159213°N 7.8820038°W | ||||
Magherabeg Friary | Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular, fd. c. 1430, dissolved 1601 | 54.6348776°N 8.1224155°W | ||||
Mevagh Monastery | Celtic monks | 55.2058144°N 7.8176308°W | ||||
Moville Monastery | Celtic monks | 55.1881296°N 7.0404339°W | ||||
Moyra Monastery, Ray | site occupied by remains of a 16thC church | |||||
Racoon Monastery, nr Ballintra |
Patrician monks fd. c.440 |
54.5759174°N 8.1269217°W | ||||
Raphoe Monastery | Celtic monks poss. fl. post1111 diocesan cathedral built on site |
http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/9655/steunans.html&date=2009-10-25+07:32:04 | 54.870503°N 7.603853°W | |||
Rathmullan Priory | Carmelite friars fd. 1516 by Owen Roe MacSweeney plundered by Bingham 1595 |
55.094313°N 7.536457°W | ||||
Raymoghy Monastery | Celtic monks poss. not fl. post10thC |
54.9429211°N 7.6315498°W | ||||
Rossnowlagh Friary* | Franciscan friars | 54.546907°N 8.206317°W | ||||
Taughboyne Monastery | Celtic monks | 54.9402095°N 7.5263214°W | ||||
Temple Douglas | 54.9680565°N 7.8699875°W | |||||
Tory Island Abbey#? | on the site of an earlier monastery Columban (6thC); (NM) | 55.2643486°N 8.2292747°W | ||||
Tullaghobegley Monastery | 55.1050873°N 8.090744°W |
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Balally | supposed Early Christian monastic site | Balally Balally Balally , Dublin, Ireland, is a residential area at the southern end of Dundrum, Dublin between Dundrum village and the Sandyford Industrial Estate in Sandyford.... may commenorate a Viking saint. |
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Baldongan | supposed monastic site of friary & nunnery within the walls of the 13th century Baldongan Castle - order and period unknown | Baldungan | 53.5633301°N 6.1130762°W | |||
Ballyboghill Monastery | Celtic monks | Ballyboughal Monastery | 53.5184714°N 6.2663269°W | |||
Ballymadun | supposed monastic site - order and period unknown | 53.5394913°N 6.403656°W | ||||
Ballyman | supposed Knights Templar site | 53.2025881°N 6.1725783°W | ||||
Castleknock Monastery | Benedictine monks | 53.3720641°N 6.3591957°W | ||||
Clondalkin Abbey | Celtic monks poss. fl. post1111 |
53.321831°N 6.396141°W | ||||
Clontarf Monastery | Celtic monks site now occupied by C.I. church |
53.3659955°N 6.2075758°W | ||||
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Knights Templar fd. 13thC, later Knights Hospitaller Clontarf Castle built on site, now the Clontarf Castle Hotel |
53.3647919°N 6.2071037°W | ||||
Cruagh Monastery | Celtic monks | 53.243749°N 6.3130188°W | ||||
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Savignac monks, from Chester fd. c.1139; Cistercian monks 1147; (NM) |
53.3476949°N 6.2695456°W | ||||
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http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/shortpar/shortpar9.htm | |||
Finglas Monastery | Celtic monks fd.560 by St Canice; poss. not fl. post10thC; site occupied by remains of a medieval church |
53.3897784°N 6.2965393°W | ||||
Glasmore Monastery | Celtic monks | 53.4864624°N 6.3135338°W | ||||
Glasnevin Monastery | Celtic monks poss. not fl. post10thC |
53.3926447°N 6.2375736°W | ||||
Grace Dieu Abbey Grace Dieu Abbey The Grace Dieu Abbey is an Augustinian abbey in County Dublin in Ireland. It was founded about 1190 by John Comyn to house an order of nuns, the Sisters of St. Augustine. It derived most of its income from lands at Lusk and Swords, County Dublin... , nr. Donabate |
Augustinian Canons Regular, Turvey House was built from the remains of the abbey | 53.5005555°N 6.1895943°W | ||||
Grange Abbey Grange Abbey Grange Abbey is a ruined chapel on the former Grange of Baldoyle lands, now in Donaghmede, in the townland of Baldoyle, at the northern edge of Dublin city, Ireland.-History:... |
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Howth Abbey | The Collegiate Church of St. Mary, Howth Howth Howth is an area in Fingal County near Dublin city in Ireland. Originally just a small fishing village, Howth with its surrounding rural district is now a busy suburb of Dublin, with a mix of dense residential development and wild hillside, all on the peninsula of Howth Head. The only... |
53.3875005°N 6.0659337°W | ||||
Ireland's Eye Monastery | 53.4051316°N 6.0639381°W | |||||
Lambay Island Monastery# | 53.4882498°N 6.0235977°W | |||||
Loreto Abbey | Sisters of Loreto Sisters of Loreto The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, more commonly known as the Loreto Sisters , is a women's Catholic religious order founded by an Englishwoman, Mary Ward, in 1609 at Saint-Omer in northern France... |
formerly Rathfarnham House | ||||
Loreto Abbey, Dalkey |
Sisters of Loreto Sisters of Loreto The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, more commonly known as the Loreto Sisters , is a women's Catholic religious order founded by an Englishwoman, Mary Ward, in 1609 at Saint-Omer in northern France... |
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Lusk Abbey | 53.5261351°N 6.1673802°W | |||||
'The Abbey', Malahide | ruins of a chapel | 53.444922°N 6.163747°W | ||||
Rathfarnham Priory | sometime home of the Curran family | |||||
Rathmichael Monastery, Carrickgolligan Hill |
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Red Island Monastery, Skerries |
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Holmpatrick Priory, Skerries |
Augustinian Canons Regular, site now occupied by C.I. church | |||||
Swords Monastery= | fd. c.560 by St. Columbkill | Mervyn Archdall, Monasticum Hibernicum p. 256 | Swords Castle Swords Castle Swords Castle was built as the manorial residence of the Archbishops of Dublin around 1200 or a little later in Swords, just north of Dublin. It was never strong in the military sense, but covers a large pentagonal walled area of nearly 1.5 acres with a tower on the north, probably the Constable's... |
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Tallaght Monastery Tallaght Monastery Tallaght Monastery was founded in the eighth century by Máel Ruain, at a site in Tallaght, a few miles south west of present-day Dublin, Ireland. It operated until the Protestant Reformation.-History:... # |
site now occupied by C.I. church | 53.28912°N 6.365748°W | ||||
Tallaght Friary | Dominican Friars | |||||
Tullow/Tully Monastery? | ruined 13th-C church may occupy site of an Early Christian monastic site |
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Abbeygormacan Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular dis.; granted to Ulick Bourke, first Earl of Clanrickard 1543/1544 |
Gormacan Abbey;Abbey Gormogan Abbey | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Gormacan | http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/g/abbeygormagan.htm http://www.mullaghgaa.com/Website%20Pages/Parish%20History.html |
53.2164156°N 8.3422279°W | |
Ahascragh Abbey | reputedly fd. by St. Cuan; CI Church on site |
Ahaskeragh Abbey; Ath-ascrath Abbey |
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-o9CAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA22&lpg=RA1-PA22&dq=ahascragh+abbey+church+of+ireland&source=bl&ots=obN8ongvJY&sig=DY-zSldEdXbAIDQWeHTKaHJuATw&hl=en&ei=oWlZTZ6KIoG3hQfC3PSODQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBTgU#v=onepage&q&f=false | 53.398168°N 8.334933°W | ||
Annaghdown Nunnery | Celtic nuns, fd. in the 6th century by St. Brendan, was integrated into the close Abbey of St. Mary de Portu Patrum c. 1144 | |||||
Annaghdown Abbey of St. Mary Annaghdown Abbey Annaghdown Abbey is a ruined house of the Arroasian canons in the townland of Annaghdown in County Galway, Ireland. The site was probably founded by Turlough O'Conor c. 1140 and was dissolved after the reformation in 1562... |
Arroasian Canons and Canonesses Regular fd. c. 1140 |
The Abbey of Saint Mary de Portu Patrum Annaghdown Abbey Annaghdown Abbey is a ruined house of the Arroasian canons in the townland of Annaghdown in County Galway, Ireland. The site was probably founded by Turlough O'Conor c. 1140 and was dissolved after the reformation in 1562... , Annaghdown Annaghdown Annaghdown is a parish in County Galway, Ireland. It takes its name from Eanach Dhúin, Irish for "the marsh of the fort". The village lies around Annaghdown Bay, an inlet of Lough Corrib... |
53.386908°N 9.072736°W | |||
Annaghdown Abbey of St. John the Baptist | Premonstratensian Canons, fd. c. 1223, dissolved in 1542 | Abbey of St. John the Baptist de Cella Parva | ||||
Athenry Priory | Dominican monks fd. 1241; dis. 1574, 1627-1652; became a university 1644; used as a barracks 18thC; (NM) |
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul | 53.2982229°N 8.7444514°W | |||
Aughrim Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1220 by Theobald Butler; dis.; granted to Richard, Earl of Clanricard |
Aghrim Priory | The Priory Church of Saint Catherine, Aughrim | 53.3033901°N 8.3152771°W | ||
Caltra Friary | Carmelite Friars fd. not later than 1336, dissolved 1589, restored in 1735, closed c. 1775 |
Kaltragh-ne-Pallice, Caltragh Pallas, Caltranapallice | ||||
Claregalway Friary Claregalway Friary The Claregalway Friary is a medieval Franciscan abbey located in the town of Claregalway, County Galway, Ireland.The abbey site features an east-facing, cruciform church with a 24 meter bell tower... |
Franciscan Friars sic1290-1765; (NM) |
Claregalway Abbey | 53.3468019°N 8.9446397°W | |||
Clonfert Monastery | Celtic monks fd. 6thC |
53.2406959°N 8.0584259°W | ||||
Clonfert Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 12thC |
St Mary's de Porto Puro | 53.2406959°N 8.0584259°W | |||
Clonkeenkerrill Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. c.1435 |
Cloonkeenkerrill Friary, 'St. Kerrill's Abbey' | 53.3831236°N 8.5808372°W | |||
Clontuskert Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular 12thC-1633, 1637-, blt. on the site of an earlier monastery c.805 (NM) | 'Clontuskert Abbey'; 'The Old Abbey' |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Clontuskert | 53.279636°N 8.2115936°W | ||
Creevaghbaun Friary | Carmelite Friars, fd. in 1332, dissolved in 1574 | Crevaghbane, Crevebane | ||||
Dromacoo Monastery | ||||||
Dunmore Priory | Augustinian Friars fd. c. 1423, friars left in 1645 | 53.620412°N 8.742022°W | ||||
Eglish Friary | Carmelite friars fd. 1393–1398; possibly passed to the Franciscan friars; dis. 1579 |
Monteceancohe, Sleushancough | ||||
Galway Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. 1296 dest. 1657 church converted into a court house. Current court house on site. |
http://franciscans.ie/content/view/25/57/ | 53.2753603°N 9.0538394°W | |||
Galway Franciscan Abbey | Franciscan Friars blt. 1660 re-blt. 1781 |
http://franciscans.ie/content/view/25/57/ | 53.2759794°N 9.054746°W | |||
Inishbofin Monastery | Celtic monks fd. by St Coleman, 7thC |
53.6154609°N 10.1887572°W | ||||
Inishmicatreer Monastery | 'Inishmicatreer Abbey' | 53.499266°N 9.250311°W | ||||
Inishmore Monastery | Na Seacht dTeampaill; (The Seven Churches) |
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Kilbennan Monastery | Celtic monks fd. by St Benignus, a disciple of St Patrick |
53.538749°N 8.892001°W | ||||
Kilcorban Friary | Dominican Friars; site now occupied by St. Corban's Church |
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Kilcolgan Abbey# | Irish placename supports tradition of an early abbey founded there | |||||
Kilconnell Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. 1353; dis. 1541; on the site of an earlier monastery (6thC); (NM) |
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Kilcreevanty Abbey | Benedictine nuns, fd. c. 1200, converted into an Arrosian house in 1223, dissolved in 1543 | |||||
Killursa Monastery | ||||||
Kinalehin Friary, nr. Abbey |
Carthusian monks, poss. from Hinton Hinton Charterhouse Hinton Charterhouse is a small village and civil parish in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, England. The parish, which includes the village of Midford, has a population of 477.... fd. c.1252; dis. by General Chapter the Grande Chartreuse1321; granted by Gregory XI Pope Gregory XI Gregory XI was pope from 1370 until his death.-Biography:He was born Pierre Roger de Beaufort, in Maumont, in the modern commune of Rosiers-d'Égletons, Limousin around 1336. He succeeded Pope Urban V in 1370, and was pope until 1378... to Franciscan Friars c. 1371 |
Kinaleghin, Kilnalahan | http://www.libraryireland.com/articles/carthusian/index.php | 53.1026822°N 8.3940697°W | ||
Kilmacduagh Monastery Kilmacduagh monastery Kilmacduagh Monastery is found 5 km from the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It was the birthplace of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh, whose name means "church of Duagh's son"... |
fd. 7thC by St. Colman son of Duagh Cathedral 11thC.; St. Mary's Church c.1200, Abbot's house 13thC., O'Heyne's Church 13thC., round tower (leaning, 34 m. high, doorway 8 m. above ground, 11thC.?) |
53.0480262°N 8.8880253°W | ||||
Knockmoy Abbey | Cistercian monks from Boyle Boyle Abbey Boyle Abbey was the first successful foundation in Connacht of the Cistercian order which had opened its first Irish house at Mellifont, County Louth, in 1142.-History:... fd. 1190 dis. 1542 (NM) |
Collis Victoriae Abbeyknockmoy; Abbeyknockmoy Abbeyknockmoy Abbeyknockmoy is a village and parish in County Galway, Ireland. It is best known for the nearby ruins of the 12th century Cistercian abbey, established with the Kings of Connacht as its benefactors. The abbey was the burial site of King Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair and contains fine examples... Abbey |
53.440519°N 8.742571°W | |||
Kylemore Abbey Kylemore Abbey Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The abbey was founded for Benedictine Nuns who fled Belgium in World War I.- History :... |
Benedictine monks; mansion now serves as convent boarding school |
53.561724°N 9.889439°W | ||||
Loughrea Priory | Carmelite monks fd. c. 1300; Discalced Carmelites since 1640 |
53.199912°N 8.569997°W | ||||
Meelick Friary+ | Franciscan Friars fd. 1414; Observant-Franciscan 1479-Reformation English Reformation The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.... , 1680, intermittently-1852; now R.C. church |
53.173600°N 8.085498°W | ||||
Monasternalea Monastery | Abbey Grey Monastery; Abbeygrey Monastery |
53.5580536°N 8.3655739°W | ||||
Portumna Friary | Dominican monks fd. 1426, on the site of the Cistercian monks' priory (see immediately below) | Portumna Abbey | The Friary Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Portumna | 53.086075°N 8.217595°W | ||
Portumna Priory | Cistercian monks 1254; Dominican friary fd, on site (see immediately above) |
Portumna Abbey | The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Paul of Tarsus Paul the Apostle , also known as Saul of Tarsus, is described in the Christian New Testament as one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with the writings ascribed to him by the church forming a considerable portion of the New Testament... , Portumna |
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Ross Errilly Friary Ross Errilly Friary The Ross Errilly Friary is a medieval Franciscan friary located about a mile to the northwest of Headford, County Galway, Ireland. It is a National Monument of Ireland and among the best-preserved medieval monastic sites in the country... , nr Headford |
Franciscan Friars fd. c.1351; Observant-Franciscan 1470-1656, c.1664-1753; (NM) |
53.479707°N 9.131543°W | ||||
Roundstone Priory | Dominican monks | |||||
Toombeola Abbey | Dominican monks |
County KerryCounty KerryKerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...
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Abbeydorney Abbey Abbeydorney Abbey Abbeydorney Abbey, also known as Kyrie Eleison Abbey or Odorney was founded by the O Torna, chieftain of the region, in 1154 for the Cistercians from Monasteranenagh.... |
Cistercian monks, daughter house of Monasteranenagh fd. 1154 dis. 1537 (though last abbot active until 1577) site now in use as a graveyard |
Odorney; Kyrie Eleison |
52.353413°N 9.687544°W | |||
Aghadoe Monastery | ?Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 7thC by St Finan Lobhar; fl. 992; non-monastic church of the Holy Trinity and St Mary built on site 1158; (NM) |
52.076801°N 9.554488°W | ||||
Ardfert Abbey Ardfert Ardfert is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only 8 km from Tralee.-Origin:... |
Georgian mansion | |||||
Ardfert Friary Ardfert Ardfert is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only 8 km from Tralee.-Origin:... |
Franciscan Friars fd. c.1253; (NM) |
52.330135°N 9.773870°W | ||||
Ballinskelligs Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 12thC; (NM) |
51.815471°N 10.271821°W | ||||
Ballyduff Abbey Ballyduff, County Kerry Ballyduff is a village near Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. Located on R551 between Ballyheigue and Ballybunion on hills above Cashen Bay where the River Feale flows to the sea at the mouth of the River Shannon.- History :... |
13thC, 15thC | |||||
Church Island Monastery, Valencia Harbour | 51.937559°N 10.283338°W | |||||
Church Island Monastery, Lough Currane | 51.834855°N 10.129166°W | |||||
Derrynane Abbey Derrynane Abbey Derrynane Abbey is a ruined abbey in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. It is located near the town of Caherdaniel and is very close to Derrynane House, the house of Daniel O'Connell. Derrynane Abbey is on an island appropriately named Abbey Island. It is accessible from the mainland through a beach... , nr. Caherdaniel Caherdaniel Caherdaniel is a village in County Kerry, Ireland, located on the Iveragh peninsula on the Ring of Kerry. It is situated on the southwestern side of the peninsula, facing onto Derrynane Bay, at a T-junction on the N70 road.... |
6thC | 51.7574507°N 10.1426753°W | ||||
Illauntannig Island Monastery, Maghree Islands |
Celtic monks | 52.3261287°N 10.0199382°W | ||||
Innisfallen Abbey, Innisfallen Island Innisfallen Island Innisfallen or Inishfallen is an island in Lough Leane; one of the three Lakes of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. It is home to the ruins of Innisfallen Abbey, one of the most impressive archaeological remains dating from the early Christian period found in the Killarney National Park. The... |
Augustinian Canons Regular, on site of an earlier foundation (7thC); (NM) | 52.046679°N 9.554274°W | ||||
Kilcolman Abbey, Milltown |
52.1496916°N 9.7304601°W | |||||
Killagh Priory, Milltown |
Augustinian Canons Regular | 52.1494499°N 9.7303922°W | ||||
Kilrellig Monastery, Bolus Head |
51.7965952°N 10.3107476°W | |||||
Lislaughtin Abbey | Franciscan monks 1478-dissolution Dissolution of the Monasteries The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their... , 1629-?, prob. blt. on the site of an earlier monastery (7thC); (NM) |
52.026099°N 9.494714°W | ||||
Muckross Abbey Muckross Abbey Muckross Abbey is one of the major ecclesiastical sites found in the Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1448 as a Franciscan friary for the Observantine Franciscans by Donal McCarthy Mor.... |
Franciscan monks | 52.557173°N 9.470004°W | ||||
Rattoo Monastery, nr. Ballyduff Ballyduff, County Kerry Ballyduff is a village near Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. Located on R551 between Ballyheigue and Ballybunion on hills above Cashen Bay where the River Feale flows to the sea at the mouth of the River Shannon.- History :... |
?Augustinian Canons Regular (NM) | 52.442411°N 9.649852°W | ||||
Rattoo Abbey, nr. Ballyduff Ballyduff, County Kerry Ballyduff is a village near Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. Located on R551 between Ballyheigue and Ballybunion on hills above Cashen Bay where the River Feale flows to the sea at the mouth of the River Shannon.- History :... |
Augustinian Canons Regular to the east of monastery (see immediately above) (NM) |
52.443046°N 9.646198°W | ||||
Riasc Monastery | 6thC to 12thC | 52.1674766°N 10.3878307°W | ||||
Skellig Michael Monastery Skellig Michael Skellig Michael , also known as Great Skellig, is a steep rocky island in the Atlantic Ocean about 9 miles from the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. It is the larger of the two Skellig Islands... , Great Skellig Island |
Augustinian Canons Regular | 51.772133°N 10.538514°W | ||||
Tralee Holy Cross Priory | Dominican Friars | The Dominican Church of Holy Cross Abbey; The Priory of the Holy Cross, Tralee |
http://www.domstralee.com | 52.2680983°N 9.7095859°W |
County KildareCounty KildareCounty Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...
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Athy Priory | Dominican monks fd. 1257; dis. 1539 |
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Athy Priory | Cruciferi (Augustinian Hospitallers) | |||||
Castledermot Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. ante1247; dis. 1540 |
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Castledermot Monastery | Celtic monks fd. c.800; prob. fl. post1111 |
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Castledermot Priory | Cruciferi (Augustinian Hospitallers) | |||||
Celbridge Abbey Celbridge Abbey -House:The house was built in 1697 by Bartholomew Van Homrigh, who at the time was the Lord Mayor of Dublin. It is, however, more famous, the childhood and later adult home his daughter, Esther Van Homrigh, , who was Dean Swift's 'Vanessa'... |
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Clane Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. 1258; dis. 1540, 1647-c.1650 |
53.289239°N 6.682935°W | ||||
Clane Monastery | Celtic monks fd. c.800; prob. fl. post1111 |
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Clonagh | supposed house - order and period unknown | |||||
Cloncurry Friary | Carmelite Friars | |||||
Donaghmore Monastery | Patrician monks/Columban monks 6thC | |||||
Dunmanoge Monastery | Celtic monks prob. not fl. post10thC | |||||
Dunmurraghill Monastery | Celtic monks prob. not fl. post10thC | |||||
Great Connell Priory Great Connell Priory Great Connell Priory is a former Augustinian monastery dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint David, situated on the eastern side of the River Liffey, in the Barony of Connell just to the south-east of the town of Newbridge, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland.... |
Augustinian Canons Regular | |||||
Inchaquire | supposed house - order and period unknown | |||||
Kilberry | supposed house - order and period unknown | |||||
Kilcock | [supposed] nuns' house - order and period unknown | |||||
Kilcork | supposed Knights Templar house - period unknown | |||||
Kildare Nunnery | ||||||
Black Abbey, Kildare | Knights Hospitaller | |||||
Grey Abbey, Kildare | Franciscan Friars fd. c.1254/1260; Observant-Franciscan 1520; dis. 1547; 1621-c.1770 |
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White Abbey, Kildare | Carmelite monks | |||||
Kilberry Abbey | ||||||
Kilcullen Abbey | Observant-Franciscan 1486-1547, 1640s | New Abbey | ||||
Kildare Abbey Kildare Abbey Kildare Abbey is a former monastery in County Kildare, Ireland, founded by St Brigid in the 5th century, and destroyed in the 12th century.Originally known as Druim Criaidh, or the Ridge of Clay, Kildare came to be known as Cill-Dara, or the Church of the Oak, from the stately oak-tree loved by St.... |
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Kilteel preceptory, Kilteel Kilteel Kilteel is a small village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is located south of Naas at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains. Being 800 feet above sea level it holds the title of Kildare's highest village... |
Knights Hospitaller | |||||
Leixlip Abbey | The Abbey Church of Saint Wolstan, Leixlip Leixlip -Politics:Since 1988 Leixlip has had a nine member Town Council , headed by a Cathaoirleach , which has control over many local matters, although it is limited in that it is not also a planning authority... |
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Monasterevin Monastery# | Cistercian monks 1189; site now (thought to be) occupied by a stately home named 'Moore Abbey', in use as a hospice 1945–present (below) |
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Moone Abbey | 6thC | |||||
Moore Abbey*, Monasterevin Monasterevin Situated 63 km from Dublin on the R445 road, Monasterevin has been relieved of much through traffic by the opening in 2004 of a new section of the M7 motorway bypassing the town on the N7 Dublin to Limerick route... |
Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary is a Roman Catholic religious order founded in Ghent, Belgium on November 4, 1803 by Father Peter Joseph Triest, the parish priest of Lovendegem that time. Father Peter recruited a group of young women, from which the co-foundress Mother... 1945–present; stately home (thought to be) blt. on the site of Monasterevin Monastery (above), in use as a hospice |
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Naas Monasteries | Several medieval monastic foundations located at Naas Naas Naas is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. With a population of just over twenty thousand, it is also the largest town in the county. Naas is a major commuter suburb, with many people residing there and working in Dublin... |
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Oughter Ard Oughter Ard -Arthur Guinness and Other Notable Burials:Until the construction of the turnpike road in the adjoining valley in 1729, Oughterard was situated on the main road from Dublin to Limerick and Cork... |
Monastery, church and round tower largely destroyed by Vikings in 995; northwest of Kill KILL KILL is the sixth album by Detroit rock band Electric Six.In initial press releases, the band described the album as being a return to a sound more akin to their debut album, but this was later revealed by front-man Dick Valentine to be more gimmick than truth.An explicit video was released for... |
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Timolin Monastery# | Timolin = Tigh Moling - 'St. Moling's Monastery' | Tomolin Monastery |
County KilkennyCounty KilkennyCounty Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. The territory of the county was the core part of the ancient Irish Kingdom of Osraige which in turn was the core of the Diocese of...
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Anothmolt Abbey | Cistercian monks, from Loghmere fd. ante1207; trns to Graiguenamanagh ante1207 |
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Ballylarkin Abbey | 13thC?; (NM) | |||||
Callan Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1215 |
'Callan Abbey' | ||||
Callan Augustinian Friary Callan Augustinian Friary The Callan Augustinian Friary is an Augustinian friary situated in Callan, Co Kilkenny, Ireland.It is known locally as the "Abbey Meadow" and is located to the north-east of the town, on the banks of the Kings River... |
Observant-Augustinian Canons Regular fd. c.1462 | 52.54584628°N 7.38711745°W | ||||
Duiske Abbey+, Graiguenamanagh Graiguenamanagh -Recreation:Walking and hillclimbing are among the more popular pursuits of Graiguenamanagh area and with the South Leinster Way meandering through the lovely Barrrow Valley and traversing nearby Brandon Hill, scope is provided for the a gentle stroll or a vigorous,day-long hike. The Barrow's... |
Cistercian monks fd. ante1207; dis. 1536; part of church is in R.C. ecclesiastical use; (NM) |
Graiguenamanagh Abbey | 52.541154°N 06.954663°W | |||
Fertagh Monastery | Augustinian Canons Regular, 13thC-1780; now part of a handball alley |
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Fiddown Monastery | fd. 6thC; church demolished 1870 |
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Freshford Monastery | site now occupied by parish church | |||||
Grangefertagh Monastery | 6thC, site occupied by round tower and ruined chapel | Fertagh Monastery | ||||
Inistioge Monastery+ | Augustinian Canons Regular incorporated into C.I. parish church |
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Jerpoint Abbey Jerpoint Abbey Jerpoint Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey, founded in the second half of the 12th century, near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located 2.5 km south west from Thomastown on the N9 national primary road. There is a Visitor Centre with an exhibition... |
Benedictine monks 1158, Cistercian monks from Baltinglass 1180; occupies the site of an earlier Benedictine Benedictine Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict... monastery, traces of which remain (NM). Thomastown Thomastown -Landmarks:Kilfane Glen is a restored historic 1790s garden of romantic era with waterfall, woodland walks and cottage orne. The garden is listed as an Irish Heritage garden and was awarded assistance in 1993 by the European Union Cultural Commission... R.C. church contains the high altar from Jerpoint Abbey |
52.51093°N 07.15798°W | ||||
Kells Friary | Augustinian Canons Regular | |||||
Kells Priory Kells Priory Kells Priory is one of the largest and most impressive medieval monuments in Ireland.The Augustine priory is situated alongside King's River beside the village of Kells, about 15 km south of the medieval city of Kilkenny. The priory is a National Monument and is in the guardianship of the Office of... |
Augustinian Canons Regular 1193-1540 (NM) | 52.5388513°N 07.26661682°W | ||||
St. John's Priory, Kilkenny Kilkenny Kilkenny is a city and is the county town of the eponymous County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster, in the south-east of Ireland... |
Priory and C.I. parish church | The Priory Church of Saint John John the Apostle John the Apostle, John the Apostle, John the Apostle, (Aramaic Yoħanna, (c. 6 - c. 100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James, another of the Twelve Apostles... , Kilkenny |
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Kilkenny Grey Friary | Franciscan friars 1231/4-1550, 1553–1559 | The Abbey Church of Saint Francis, Kilkenny | ||||
Kilkenny Black Friary* | Dominican friars 1225-16thC; used as a courthouse; restored 1970s; now in parochial use |
'Black Abbey' | ||||
Kilkiernan Monastery | ||||||
Killamery Monastery | fd. c.632 | |||||
Knocktopher Friary^ | Carmelite friars; remains incorporated into private house | |||||
Loghmere Abbey | Cistercian monks, from Stanley Stanley Abbey Stanley Abbey was a medieval abbey near Chippenham, Wiltshire in England which flourished between 1151 and 1536.- Foundation :The abbey was given by Empress Matilda in 1151 to monks from Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight. Originally at Loxwell, to the east of Chippenham, it moved to nearby Stanley... fd. 1202/4; trns to Anothmolt ante1207 |
Loughmerans Abbey | ||||
Rosbercon Abbey Rosbercon Abbey Rosbercon Abbey was a Dominican Abbey at Rosbercon, County Kilkenny. Founded in 1267, it was suppressed in 1539. A fragment survived as late as the1820s, but little trace remains now.The founders were two prominent local families, the Walshes and Graces... |
Dominican friars fd. 13thC |
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Tibberaghny Monastery | fd. 6thC | |||||
Tullaherin Monastery |
County LaoisCounty LaoisCounty Laois is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It was formerly known as Queen's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county's name was formerly spelt as Laoighis and Leix. Laois County Council...
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Abbeyleix Abbey# | Cistercian monks from Baltinglass fd. 1183/4 by Corcherger O'Moore (Cucogry O’More); dis. 1552 |
Leix Abbey; Lex Dei |
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Aghaboe Monastery# | fd. 6thC by St Canice Saint Canice Saint Cainnech of Aghaboe , also known as Saint Canice in Ireland, Saint Kenneth in Scotland, Saint Kenny and in Latin Saint Canicus, was a gaelic abbot, monastic founder, priest and missionary during the early medieval period. Cainnech is one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland and preached... |
52.922248°N 7.513960°W | ||||
Aghaboe Priory Aghaboe Aghaboe is a village and parish in County Laois, Ireland. It is located on the R434 regional road in the rural hinterland west of the town of Abbeyleix.... |
Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1382; on site of Aghaboe Monastery (above); dis.; granted to Florence FitzPatrick c.1600 |
52.922248°N 7.513960°W | ||||
Aghaboe Friary | Dominican friars fd. 1382 |
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Clonenagh Monastery | fd. 6thC by St Fintan Saint Fintan Saint Fintan was born in Leinster. He received his religious formation in Terryglass, Co. Tipperary under the abbot Colum mac Crimthainn, and was deeply influenced by his penitential practices and the severity of the Rule. Fintan made his own foundation in Clonenagh, Co. Laois. He died in 603. His... ; site now occupied by Clonenagh Church |
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Killeshin Monastery | fd. late 545 by St Comghan; 1077; site occupied by ruined 12thC church (NM) |
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Oughaval Monastery Oughaval (County Laois) Oughaval , County Laois, Ireland, sometimes called Oakvale, is a townland within the present day parish of Stradbally and is the site of a sixth century monastic settlement.-Monastery:... |
fd. c. 595 by St Colman of Oughaval; was a parish church after the 12th century; was modified in the 19th century by the Cosby family | |||||
Rosenallis Monastery | fd. by St Brigid of Kildare; dis. 1537 |
53.135920°N 7.405638°W | ||||
Sleaty Monastery | fd. by St Ficah; site occupied by remains of Sleaty Church |
Sletty Monastery | 52.858031°N 6.941733°W | |||
Timahoe Monastery | 52.960305°N 7.203228°W |
County LeitrimCounty LeitrimCounty Leitrim is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the county...
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Anaghduffe Abbey | fd. 766; CI church on site |
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Creevelea Friary | Franciscan friars 1508-1590, 1618–1837 | Dromahair Friary | 54.231065°N 8.309692°W | |||
Rossclogher Abbey, Kinlough |
nuns fd. 8thC by St Tigenach, for his mother, St Mella |
Doire Melle; Doiremelle Nunnery |
54.440989°N 8.240330°W |
County LimerickCounty LimerickIt is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...
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Abbeyfeale Abbey | Cistercian monks fd. 1188 by Brian O'Brien |
http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Abbeyfeale/hyAbbeyfeale.htm | 52.3857109°N 9.3007851°W | |||
Abington Abbey | Cistercian monks from Arklow 1205-post1557 | Mainister Uaithne; Woney Abbey; Owney Abbey |
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Adare Friary Adare Friary The Adare Friary, located in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland, formerly known as the "Black Abbey", is an Augustinian Friary founded in 1316 by the Earl of Kildare. It is now known as "St. Nicholas' Church of Ireland" parish church, and St Nicholas' National School.- History :The Augustinian friars... + |
Augustinian Canons Regular c.1316; now in use as C.I. parish church | 52.567769°N 8.784830°W | ||||
Adare Friary, (Franciscan) | Franciscan friars 1464; now in the grounds of Adare Manor with public access | 'The Black Abbey' | 52.571699°N 8.776462°W | |||
Adare Trinitarian Monastery | Trinitarian friars fd. c.1230; dis. 1539 |
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Askeaton Friary | Franciscan friars 1389; (NM) | |||||
Ballingarry Friary | Franciscan friars | |||||
Dysert Monastery, Carrigeen |
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Glenstal Abbey Glenstal Abbey Glenstal Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located in Murroe, County Limerick. It is dedicated to Saint Joseph and Saint Columba. The current abbot of the monastery is Dom Patrick Hederman, OSB... * |
Benedictine monks; mansion now in monastic use, and also a school. |
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Killeedy nunnery | ||||||
Kilmallock Monastery | ||||||
Kilmallock Friary | Dominican friars 1291-(1548)-1641; (NM) | Killmallock Friary | ||||
Monasteranenagh Abbey | Cistercian monks from Mellifont Mellifont Abbey Mellifont Abbey , located in County Louth, was the first Cistercian abbey to be built in Ireland.-Origins:Founded in 1142 on the orders of Saint Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh, Mellifont Abbey sits on the banks of the River Mattock, some ten km north-west of Drogheda.By 1170, Mellifont had one... 1148/51-1541; (NM) |
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St. Katherine's Abbey, Monisternagalliaghduff St. Katherine's Abbey, Monisternagalliaghduff Saint Katherine's Abbey, Monisternagalliaghduff is a former Augustinian nunnery founded in 1298 and dissolved in 1541.... , nr. Shanagolden |
Augustinian nuns fd. 1298; dis. 1541 |
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Mungret Abbey | (NM) | |||||
Rathkeale Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 13thC |
Rathkeale Priory | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Rathkeale |
County LongfordCounty LongfordCounty Longford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford.Longford County Council is the local authority for the county...
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Abbeyderg Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular | 53.638097°N 7.787483°W | ||||
Abbeylara Abbey | Cistercian monks from St Mary's, Dublin St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin St. Mary's Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey located near Abbey Street in Dublin, Ireland. Its territory stretched from the district known as Oxmanstown down along the river Liffey until it met the sea. It also owned large estates in other parts of Ireland... 1210/14-1540 |
Lara Abbey | 53.764559°N 7.446135°W | |||
Abbeyshrule Abbey | Cistercian monks from Mellifont Mellifont Abbey Mellifont Abbey , located in County Louth, was the first Cistercian abbey to be built in Ireland.-Origins:Founded in 1142 on the orders of Saint Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh, Mellifont Abbey sits on the banks of the River Mattock, some ten km north-west of Drogheda.By 1170, Mellifont had one... fd. 1200; dis. 1592; (NM) |
Shrule Abbey | 53.539634°N 9.112425°W | |||
Ballinasaggart Friary | Franciscan ante15thC-1811 | The Friary Church of Saint John the Baptist of Longford | ||||
Inchcleraun Monastery, Loughree |
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Inchmore Abbey, Lough Gowna |
53.823319°N 7.568112°W | |||||
Longford Friary# | Dominican monks |
County LouthCounty LouthCounty Louth is a county of Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Louth. Louth County Council is the local authority for the county...
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Carlingford Friary | Dominican monks fd. 1315-1540; disputed between Dominican monks and Franciscan 1670s, Dominican monks -18thC, trns to Dundalk |
The Friary Church of Saint Malachy, Carlingford | ||||
St. Mary's Friary, Drogheda | Augustinian Canons Regular | 53.7153934°N 6.3563365°W | ||||
St Mary Magdalene Friary, Drogheda | Observant-Franciscan 1830; Brown friary 1923 |
53.7181775°N 6.350956°W | ||||
Drogheda Friary# | Franciscan Friars c.1240; Observant-Franciscan Friars 1506-1540 (c.1545) |
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Dromiskin Monastery | Patrician monks | 53.922639°N 6.3983989°W | ||||
Dundalk Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. ante1246; Friars exiled to a small cottage 1539; Observant-Franciscan 1556-1563; returned 1626-1732 |
54.006288°N 6.393872°W | ||||
Faughart Monastery | ||||||
Louth Monastery | 6thC; (NM) | |||||
Louth Abbey | Dominican monks | 53.953212°N 6.544152°W | ||||
Mellifont Abbey Mellifont Abbey Mellifont Abbey , located in County Louth, was the first Cistercian abbey to be built in Ireland.-Origins:Founded in 1142 on the orders of Saint Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh, Mellifont Abbey sits on the banks of the River Mattock, some ten km north-west of Drogheda.By 1170, Mellifont had one... |
Cistercian monks 1142-1743; converted into a house 1556; (NM) |
Old Mellifont Abbey | 53.742198°N 6.466291°W | |||
Monasterboice Abbey Monasterboice The historic ruins of Monasterboice are of an early Christian settlement in County Louth in Ireland, north of Drogheda. It was founded in the late 5th century by Saint Buithe who died around 521, and was an important centre of religion and learning until the founding of nearby Mellifont Abbey in... |
53.7776053°N 6.417667°W |
County MayoCounty MayoCounty Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...
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Ardnaree Friary, Ballina | Augustinian Canons Regular 15thC | 54.112356°N 9.151731°W | ||||
Aughagower Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular Patrician foundation | Aghagower Abbey | 53.7642799°N 9.4645983°W | |||
Balla Monastery | 7thC | 53.805182°N 9.131331°W | ||||
Ballinasmale Friary | Carmelite monks 1288-1870 | Ballinasmall Friary; Ballinsmaula Friary |
Saint Mary | 53.737904°N 8.968667°W | ||
Ballinrobe Priory | Augustinian Friars c.1312, dissolved c. 1584 | 53.626280°N 9.220953°W | ||||
Ballintubber Abbey Ballintubber Abbey Ballintubber Abbey is a royal abbey in Co. Mayo, Ireland, founded by King Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair in 1216. It is said to be the only church in Ireland founded by an Irish king that is still in regular use.... + |
Augustinian Canons Regular 1216-1452, c.1635-1653, restored 1966; blt. on the site of an earlier monastery; (NM) | Ballintober Abbey | 53.756720°N 9.282725°W | |||
Ballyhaunis Friary | Augustinian Canons Regular 1641, burned 1650, restored 1938; on the site of, and incorporating, an earlier friary 1348 | 'The Abbey' | 53.762661°N 8.762196°W | |||
Burriscarra Abbey | Carmelite monks; (NM) | 53.730877°N 9.245625°W | ||||
Burrishoole Friary Burrishoole Friary Burrishoole Friary was a Dominican friary in County Mayo, Ireland. Its ruin is a National Monument.Burrishoole Friary was founded in 1470 by Richard de Burgo of Turlough, Lord MacWilliam Oughter. It was built without the permission of the Pope. In 1486, the Pope instructed the Archbishop of Tuam... |
Dominican Friars 1469 | 'Burrishoole Abbey' | 53.898774°N 9.572282°W | |||
Clare Island Abbey | Cistercian monks, cell of Abbeyknockmoy Abbeyknockmoy Abbeyknockmoy is a village and parish in County Galway, Ireland. It is best known for the nearby ruins of the 12th century Cistercian abbey, established with the Kings of Connacht as its benefactors. The abbey was the burial site of King Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair and contains fine examples... 13thC (said to have been a Carmelite monks cell 1254) |
'the Abbey'; Saint Brigid's Abbey |
The Blessed Virgin Mary (from 1254) | |||
Cong Abbey Cong Abbey Cong Abbey is a historic site located at Cong, on the borders of counties Galway and Mayo, in Ireland's province of Connacht. Founded in the early 7th century, by Saint Feichin, the abbey was destroyed by fire in the early 12th century. Turlough Mor O’Connor, the High King of Ireland, refounded the... |
Augustinian Canons Regular 12thC?; on the site of an earlier abbey (6thC); (NM) | 53.540431°N 9.287341°W | ||||
Crossmolina Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1300; dis. late1530s by a member of the de Barry family |
Mainishir Taobh Thiar do Shruth; Crossmalyne Abbey |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary | http://towns.mayo-ireland.ie/WebX?14@162.owUgacKqBR2.0@.ee7a071 http://www.crossmolina.ie/Visitors-information/History/Historical-Events-2006042037 |
54.1073594°N 9.3182918°W | |
Errew Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular, also nearby, remains of a church blt. on the probable site of an earlier foundation | 54.053157°N 9.263280°W | ||||
High Island Monastery | 7thC; (NM) | Ard Oilean | ||||
Inishglora Monastery | 54.208618°N 10.119359°W | |||||
Inishmaan Monastery | Augustinian Canons Regular | |||||
Inishmaine Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular early15thC, near (/on site of?) earlier monastery (-post1227); (NM) | 53.598068°N 9.301286°W | ||||
Killala Monastery | Patrician monks | 54.212967°N 9.220976°W | ||||
Killeenatrava Nunnery | nuns | 53.628413°N 9.236497°W | ||||
Kilmaine Monastery | Celtic, according to tradition fd. by St. Patrick Saint Patrick Saint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints.... , became a prebendal church of Tuam |
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Mayo Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular | 53.760024°N 9.115997°W | ||||
Moyne Abbey Moyne Abbey Moyne Abbey is one of most impressive ecclesiastical ruins in Mayo and a National Monument. It was founded by the Burke family as a Franciscan friary and consecrated in 1462. It is located north of Ballina on the west side of Killala Bay... |
Observant-Franciscan 1460-1590 | 54.202207°N 9.177098°W | ||||
Murrisk Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular 1457 | 53.781975°N 9.639491°W | ||||
Rathfran Friary | Dominican monks 1274-1590 | 54.238041°N 9.244437°W | ||||
Rosserk Friary Rosserk Friary Rosserk Friary is a friary located in County Mayo, Ireland and a National Monument.-Description:Rosserk Friary is one of the finest and best preserved of the Franciscan Friaries in Ireland... |
Franciscan Third Order Friars fd. 1440 |
54.171448°N 9.143447°W | ||||
Strade Friary | Franciscan Friars fd. c.1240; becoming Dominican monks 1252 |
'Straide Friary' | 53.921400°N 9.128244°W | |||
Urlaur Abbey | Dominican monks 1430 | The Abbey Church of Saint Thomas, Urlaur |
County MeathCounty MeathCounty Meath is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Mide . Meath County Council is the local authority for the county...
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Athboy Priory# | Carmelite monks site now occupied by C.I. church |
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Ballyboggan Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular | |||||
Bective Abbey Bective Abbey Bective Abbey is a Cistercian abbey on the River Boyne in Bective, County Meath, Ireland. The abbey founded by Murchad O'Maeil-Sheachlainn in 1147 as a 'daughter house' of Mellifont Abbey. Although nothing remains except old ruins and walls, it is in a remarkable state of preservation... |
1150-1536; on the site of an earlier abbey; (NM) |
53.582537°N 6.702726 °W | ||||
Ceanannas Mor Monastery | Kells Monastery | |||||
Clonard Abbey Clonard Abbey Clonard Abbey was an early medieval monastery situated on the River Boyne, just beside the traditional boundary line of the northern and southern halves of Ireland in modern County Meath... # |
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Donaghmore, Navan Navan -People:Navan was the childhood home of Pierce Brosnan, who appeared in the television series Remington Steele and was the fifth film actor to play James Bond. TV personality Hector Ó hEochagáin, and comedians Dylan Moran and Tommy Tiernan also hail from Navan.... |
supposed monastic site fd. by St Patrick Saint Patrick Saint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints.... , reputedly his first foundation in Ireland; remains of later church and round tower on site |
http://www.lookaroundireland.com/meath/donaghmore.htm http://www.shopinnavan.ie/v1/page.asp?pg=131 |
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Donaghpatrick Monastery | site now occupied by St Patrick's C.I. church | |||||
Duleek Monastery | Augustinian Canons Regular site now occupied by C.I. parish church |
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Duleek Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Duleek Duleek Duleek is a town in County Meath, Ireland, close to the Louth border.Duleek takes is name from the Irish word daimh liag, meaning house of stones and referring to an early stone-built church, St Cianan’s Church, the ruins of which are still visible in Duleek today... |
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Kilcarn Monastery | site of ancient monastery occupied by c.1200 church | |||||
Newtown Abbey/Priory, Newtown-Trim | ||||||
Hill of Skreen Monastery#, nr. Tara Hill of Tara The Hill of Tara , located near the River Boyne, is an archaeological complex that runs between Navan and Dunshaughlin in County Meath, Leinster, Ireland... |
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Slane Friary | Franciscans 1648-1650 | |||||
Slane Monastery#, Slane Slane Slane is a village in County Meath, in Ireland. The village stands on a steep hillside on the left bank of the River Boyne at the intersection of the N2 and the N51 . In 2006 Slane's population was 1,099, having grown from 823 in 2002. The population of the village and the surrounding rural area... |
Franciscans 1512-1540; Capuchin 1631-c.1650; (NM) |
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St. Mary's Abbey, Trim St. Mary's Abbey, Trim St. Mary's Abbey in Trim, County Meath, Ireland is a former Augustinian Abbey dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. The abbey was situated on the north bank of the River Boyne, opposite Trim Castle, on land given to St. Patrick who is often credited with founding the abbey... |
Augustinian Canons Regular converted into a Protestant school 18thC; (NM) |
Talbot Castle | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Trim Trim, County Meath Trim is the traditional county town of County Meath in Ireland, although the county town is now Navan. The town was recorded in the 2006 census to have a population of 6,870.... |
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Trim Friary | Dominican Friars fd. 1263 by Geoffrey de Geneville, Lord of Meath |
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Trim Friary# | Franciscan Friars c.1282; Observant-Franciscan ante1506 |
County MonaghanCounty MonaghanCounty Monaghan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Council is the local authority for the county...
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Clones Abbey Clones Abbey Clones Abbey is a ruined monastery that later became an Augustinian abbey in the twelfth century, and its main sights are ecclesiastical. The Abbey was formerly known as St. Tighernach Abbey, and was referred to locally as the "wee abbey". Parochial and monastic settlements were separated, and it... |
Celtic monks; Augustinian Canons Regular |
St.Tighernach Abbey Abbey of St.Peter & Paul Wee Abbey |
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Clontibret Monastery | Celtic nuns | |||||
Connabury Monastery | Celtic nuns | |||||
Donagh Monastery | Celtic monks | |||||
Errigal Trough Monastery | Celtic monks | |||||
Inniskeen Monastery Inniskeen Inniskeen, officially Inishkeen , is a small village and parish in County Monaghan, Ireland, close to the County Louth and County Armagh borders. It is located about 17 km from Dundalk and 12 km from Carrickmacross and 5 km from Crossmaglen... |
Celtic monks fd. 6thC; poss. not surviving post10thC Augustinian Canons Regular |
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Monaghan Friary~ | Franciscan Friars c.1462 Observant-ranciscan -1589, 1635-early18thC |
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Muckno Monastery | Celtic monks | |||||
Loughbawn Monastery | supposed monastic site - order and period unknown | |||||
Tedavnet Monastery | Celtic nuns | |||||
Tehalan Monastery | Celtic monks |
Clones 'Abbey': a ruined non-monastic church (NM)
County OffalyCounty OffalyCounty Offaly is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe and was formerly known as King's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Offaly County Council is...
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Clareen Monastery | 6th C | Seir Kieran | St. Kieran's | |||
Clonmacnoise Cathedral and Monastery Clonmacnoise The monastery of Clonmacnoise is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone.... |
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Drumcullen Monastery# | 6thC | |||||
Durrow Abbey Durrow Abbey Durrow Abbey is a historic site located off the N52 some 5 miles from Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland.To this day, Durrow Abbey remains a largely undisturbed early historic and medieval monastic site containing a complex of archaeological monuments, ecclesiastical and secular, visible and... |
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Durrow nunnery# | Augustinian nuns | |||||
Gallen Priory | fd. by St. Canoc in the 5th century; refounded as house of Augustinian Canons c. 1140; dissolved c. 1585, shortly reoccupied after 1620 | |||||
Killeigh Nunnery | Augustinian Canonesses | |||||
Kinnitty Monastery# | 557; site poss. marked by a High cross High cross A high cross or standing cross is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated. There was a unique Early Medieval tradition in Ireland and Britain of raising large sculpted stone crosses, usually outdoors... within a churchyard |
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Lemanaghan Monastery | early7thC | |||||
Lynally Monastery# | Columban monks fd. 6thC |
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Monasteroris Friary | Franciscan Friars 1325; Observant-Franciscan 1506-1794 |
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Mount Joseph Abbey | Cistercian monks | |||||
Rahan Monastery | c.590-635 | |||||
Seir Kieran Priory | fd. in the 5th century by St. Ciaran; refounded as priory of Augustinian Canons c. 1170, and dissolved in 1568. | |||||
Tihilly Monastery# | 5thC |
County RoscommonCounty RoscommonCounty Roscommon is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the town of Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the local authority for the county...
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Boyle Abbey Boyle Abbey Boyle Abbey was the first successful foundation in Connacht of the Cistercian order which had opened its first Irish house at Mellifont, County Louth, in 1142.-History:... |
Cistercian monks from Buniffi 1161, on the site of an earlier monastery called Ath-da-Larc; (NM) | Ath-da-Larc Abbey | 53.973797°N 8.296959°W | |||
Cloonshanville Abbey, nr. Frenchpark |
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Deerane Abbey | ||||||
Drumconaid Abbey | Cistercian monks trns from Grellechdinach c.1156; trns to Buniffi c.1158/9 |
Drumcunny Abbey | ||||
Inchmacnerin Abbey, Church Island, Lough Key |
Patrician monks fd. 6thC; Augustinian Canons Regular fd. post1140; dis. 1569?; (NM) |
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Kilronan Abbey | 6thC | |||||
Roscommon Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular fd. early8thC, |
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Roscommon Friary | Dominican monks 1253-1872? | The Friary Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Roscommon | 53.624733°N 8.191921°W | |||
Trinity Island Priory, Trinity Island, Lough Key |
Premonstratensian Canons 1215/1237-1608; (NM) | 'Trinity Island Abbey' | The Priory Church of the Blessed Trinity, Trinity Island | 53.989216°N 8.254556°W |
County Sligo
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Ballindoon Priory Ballindoon Friary Ballindoon Friary was a Dominican monastery beside Lough Arrow in County Sligo, Ireland. It was dedicated to St. Mary and founded in 1507 by Thomas O'Farrell. It was dissolved c. 1585 and is now in ruins.-See also:... |
Dominican Friars, fd. 1507, dissolved c. 1585 | |||||
Ballymote Friary | Franciscan Friars Third Order fd. 1442; dst. c.1587 |
54.089684°N 8.518383°W | ||||
Ballysadare Abbey | 54.214905°N 8.517665°W | |||||
Banada Priory | Augustinian Friars, fd. 1423, dissolved c. 1613 | 54.037479°N 8.817197°W | ||||
Cloonoghill Abbey | 54.071947°N 8.554556°W | |||||
Cloonomeehan Friary | Franciscan Friars | 54.060317°N 8.590678°W | ||||
Court Friary | Franciscan Third Order Regular, fd. 1449, dissolved 1588 | |||||
Drumcliff Monastery | fd. 575; remains beside N15 road which bisects the site | 54.325886°N 8.494354°W | ||||
Easky Abbey | 54.286011°N 8.960134°W | |||||
Inishmurray Inishmurray Inishmurray is an uninhabited island situated 7 km off the coast of County Sligo, Ireland. It covers . On the island are remains of an early Irish monastic settlement. Saint Molaise founded a monastery here in the 6th century... |
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Kilross Monastery | Premonstratensian Canons | 54.200931°N 8.453350°W | ||||
Knockmore Monastery | 54.011377°N 8.566917°W | |||||
Skreen Monastery | site occupied by remains of medieval church | |||||
Sligo Friary Sligo Abbey Sligo Abbey , a ruined abbey in Sligo, Ireland, was originally built in 1253 by the order of Maurice Fitzgerald, Baron of Offaly. It was destroyed in 1414 by a fire, ravaged during the Tyrone War in 1595 and once more in 1641 during the Ulster Uprising... |
Dominican monks 1253-18thC, trns 18thC; (NM) |
'Sligo Abbey' | 54.270802°N 8.470083°W | |||
Staad Abbey |
County TipperaryCounty TipperaryCounty Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...
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Ardfinnan Monastery# | ?Augustinian Canonesses 7thC | |||||
Ardfinnan Abbey | Carmelite nuns | |||||
Athassel Priory Athassel Priory Athassel Priory is a ruined monastic site on the western bank of the River Suir 8 km southwest of Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland. The Athassel Priory of St. Edmund the King was a foundation of the Augustinian Canons Regular under the patronage of Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster who was... |
Augustinian Canons Regular 1192; (NM) | 52.479040°N 7.983218°W | ||||
Cahir Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular; (NM) | Caher Abbey | ||||
Carrickbeg Friary+, Carrick-on-Suir |
Franciscan Friars; remains incorporated into R.C. church |
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Cashel Abbey | Cistercian monks; (NM) | |||||
Cashel Dominican Friary | Dominican Friars; (NM) | 52.518015°N 7.887727°W | ||||
Cashel Franciscan Friary# | Franciscan Friars; fd. 1265; site now occupied by St. John the Baptist R.C. parish church |
'Hackett's Abbey' | ||||
Cashel, St Dominic's Abbey | Dominican monks; fd. 1243 by Archbishop David McKelly |
St Dominic Saint Dominic Saint Dominic , also known as Dominic of Osma, often called Dominic de Guzmán and Domingo Félix de Guzmán was the founder of the Friars Preachers, popularly called the Dominicans or Order of Preachers , a Catholic religious order... |
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Clonmel Friary | Franciscan Friars | |||||
St. Aibhe's Monastery, Emly | site subsequently occupied by Emly Cathedral, now occupied by C.I. parish church | |||||
Holy Cross Abbey Holy Cross Abbey The Holy Cross Abbey in Tipperary is a restored Cistercian monastery in Holycross near Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland, situated on the River Suir. It takes its name from a relic of the True Cross or Holy rood.... + |
Cistercian monks, blt. on site of an earlier Benedictine Benedictine Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict... monastery; (NM) |
52.639253°N 7.868003°W | ||||
Hore Abbey Hore Abbey Hore Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery near the Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland.... |
Cistercian monks | 52.518546°N 7.898054°W | ||||
Inishlounaght Abbey, Abbey Marlfield, Clonmel Marlfield is a village three kilometres west of Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is within the townlands of Marlfield and Inishlounaght. It replaced an older settlement named Abbey, which had developed near the 12th century Cistercian community of Inislounaght Abbey.- Local industry... |
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Kilcooly Abbey | Cistercian monks; (NM) | |||||
Liathmore Monastery | ||||||
Lorrha Monastery | fd. by St. Ruadhan in the 6th century, became a priory of Augustinian Canons c. 1140 which moved to a new site (see below); the original site was reused for a medieval parish church, now in ruins; attached to it is a 19th-century Church of Ireland parish church | 53.091034°N 8.126045°W | ||||
Lorrha Friary | Dominican Friars, fd. in 1269 by Walter de Burgo, dissolved in 1552 | |||||
Lorrha Priory of St. Ruadán | Augustinian Canons, fd. c. 1140, dissolved c. 1578 | 53.091946°N 8.121241°W | ||||
Mona Incha Abbey | ||||||
Moor Abbey, Galbally |
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Nenagh Friary | Franciscan Friars, fd. in the 13th century, dissolved before 1587 | |||||
Nenagh Priory and Hospital of St. John the Baptist | Fratres Cruciferi, fd. c. 1200 in Tyone, a townland close to Nenagh, dissolved in 1551 | |||||
Roscrea Friary | Franciscan Friars, fd. before 1477, dissolved c. 1579. | |||||
Roscrea Monastery | fd. by St. Cronan in the 7th century; was taken over by the Augustinian Canons c. 1140; became parochial c. 1195 | |||||
Templemore Abbey | Knights Templar | |||||
Terryglass Monastery | ||||||
Toomyvara Priory | Augustinian Canons, fd. 1140, dissolved before 1585 |
County WaterfordCounty Waterford*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...
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Dungarvan Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular | |||||
Lismore Abbey Lismore Abbey Lismore Abbey is a former monastery in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland, reportedly in its day the most celebrated in the South of Ireland. Its site is now occupied by Lismore Castle.... |
Lismore Monastery | founded in the year 635 by St Mochuda, also known as St. Carthage | ||||
Molana Abbey Molana Abbey Molana Abbey is a 6th century Abbey situated near Youghal, but is actually in County Waterford.- History :A disciple of St. Carthage, called Molana, founded a little monastery - Abbey of St... , |
Celtic monks fd. 6thC Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 13thC |
Situated on an island on the Blackwater river near Youghal Youghal Youghal is a town in County Cork, Ireland. Sitting on the estuary of the River Blackwater, in the past it was militarily and economically important. Being built on the edge of a steep riverbank, the town has a distinctive long and narrow layout... |
52.002215°N 7.8991699°W | |||
Mothel Abbey | (NM) | |||||
Mount Melleray Abbey Mount Melleray Abbey Mount Melleray Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in Ireland, founded in 1833. It is situated on the slopes of the Knockmealdown Mountains, near Cappoquin, Diocese of Waterford.-History:... |
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Rincrew Abbey Rincrew Abbey -History:Rincrew Abbey, which was built for the Order of St John - Knights Templar - on a hill overlooking the River Blackwater north of Youghal.-Today:Some ruins still exist today, but they are situated on a private farm and have no public access-See also:... , Rincrew Hill |
Knights Templar | Rincrew Preceptory; Rhincrew Preceptory |
51.9778491°N 7.8624344°W | |||
Waterford Friary | Dominican monks |
County WestmeathCounty Westmeath-Economy:Westmeath has a strong agricultural economy. Initially, development occurred around the major market centres of Mullingar, Moate, and Kinnegad. Athlone developed due to its military significance, and its strategic location on the main Dublin–Galway route across the River Shannon. Mullingar...
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Athlone Friary | Franciscan Friars 1241-Dissolution Dissolution of the Monasteries The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their... |
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Ballyboggan Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular dis.; granted to Sir William Bermingham 1541 |
De Laude Dei | The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Ballyboggan | http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/meath/ballyboggan/ballyboggan.html | 53.409827°N 7.043797°W | ||
Church Island Monastery, Lough Owel |
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Fore Abbey Fore Abbey Fore Abbey is the old Benedictine Abbey ruin, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, Ireland.Fore village, is situated within a valley between two hills: the Hill of Ben, the Hill of Houndslow, and the Anchorland rise area... |
Benedictine monks; (NM) | 53.683861°N 7.227162°W | |||||
Fore Monastery | c.630 | The Abbey Church of Saint Fechin, Fore Fore Abbey Fore Abbey is the old Benedictine Abbey ruin, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, Ireland.Fore village, is situated within a valley between two hills: the Hill of Ben, the Hill of Houndslow, and the Anchorland rise area... |
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Inchbofin Abbey | Celtic monks; later Augustinian Canons Regular | ||||||
Kilbeggan Abbey | a green mound said to mark the site of an ancient abbey>a green mound said to mark the site of an ancient abey | 'The Church of the Relic', Kilbeggan | |||||
Killare Monastery | site now occupied by remains of old parish churchmall>site now occupied by remains of old parish ch> | ||||||
Lough Ennell Monastery | |||||||
Hare Island Monastery, Loughree |
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Mullingar Friary | Dominican monks 1239-dissolution Dissolution of the Monasteries The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their... |
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Mullingar Monastery | Augustinian Canons Regular 1227-dissolution Dissolution of the Monasteries The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their... |
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Multyfarnham Friary Multyfarnham Friary The Multyfarnham Friary is a Franciscan friary located in Multyfarnham, County Westmeath, Ireland. It dates to the 15th century.During the early 17th century, the friary served as a refuge for elderly and infirm friars and priests who were fleeing persecution in the wake of the English... |
Franciscan Friars fd. 15thC; reoccupied 1827 |
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Tristernagh Abbey Tristernagh Abbey Tristernagh Abbey, also known as the Priory of Kilbixy, is a ruined Augustinian priory, situated on the shores of Lough Iron about north east of Ballynacargy in County Westmeath, Ireland. The abbey was founded in 1192 by Geoffrey de Constantine and was dedicated to Mary. It was ransacked by the... |
12thC, dst. 1783 | Kilbixy Abbey |
County WexfordCounty WexfordCounty Wexford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wexford. In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig, whose capital was at Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local...
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Ballyhack Preceptory# | Knights Templar; now the site of Ballyhack Castle | ||||||
Carnsore Monastery | Celtic monks | 52.177241°N 6.362436 °W | |||||
Clonmines Friary | Augustinian friars, fd. in the 14th century, dissolved in 1544 | ||||||
Dunbrody Abbey Dunbrody Abbey Dunbrody Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in County Wexford, Ireland. The cross-shaped church was built in the 13th century, and the tower was added in the 15th century. With a length of 59m the church is one of the longest in Ireland... |
Cistercian monks from St Mary's, Dublin St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin St. Mary's Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey located near Abbey Street in Dublin, Ireland. Its territory stretched from the district known as Oxmanstown down along the river Liffey until it met the sea. It also owned large estates in other parts of Ireland... 1175/8-1537 |
52.283776°N 6.959295°W | |||||
Ferns Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular, fd. c. 1158 | ||||||
St. Mary's Abbey Church, New Ross | Anglo-Norman abbey parish churchAnglo-Norman abbey parish chu> | ||||||
Rosslare Priory | Augustinian Canons Regularmall>Augustinian Canons Regula> | ||||||
Selskar Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular | 52.341454°N 6.465687°W | |||||
Taghmon Monastery | Augustinian Canons Regular | ||||||
Tintern Abbey Tintern Abbey (County Wexford) Tintern Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located on the Hook peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland.The Abbey – which is today in ruins, some of which have been restored – was founded in the 13th century by William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, as the result of a vow he had made when his boat was... |
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Wexford Friary | Franciscan friars, fd. c.1268 | 52.337444°N 6.463972°W |
County WicklowCounty WicklowCounty Wicklow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...
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Arklow Abbey | Cistercian monks from Wyresdale Wyresdale Abbey -References:... ante1204, trns to Abington 1205 |
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Arklow Friary | Dominican monks fd. 13thC |
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Baltinglass Abbey | Cistercian monks from Mellifont Mellifont Abbey Mellifont Abbey , located in County Louth, was the first Cistercian abbey to be built in Ireland.-Origins:Founded in 1142 on the orders of Saint Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh, Mellifont Abbey sits on the banks of the River Mattock, some ten km north-west of Drogheda.By 1170, Mellifont had one... fd. 1148; dis. 1541; adapted as a private house and Protestant church; abandoned 1883; (NM) |
Vallis Salutis Abbey | 52.943910°N 6.709697°W | |||
Glendalough Cathedral and Monastery Glendalough Glendalough or Glendaloch is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is renowned for its Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin, a hermit priest, and partly destroyed in 1398 by English troops.... |
St. Kevin | 53.010569°N 6.326949°W53.010569°N 6.326949°W | ||||
St. Saviour's Monastery, nr. Derrybawn |
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Shelton Abbey^ | now a state forestry school | |||||
Whaley Abbey | ||||||
Wicklow Friary | Franciscan Friars |
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Grellechdinach Abbey | Cistercian monks from Mellifont Mellifont Abbey Mellifont Abbey , located in County Louth, was the first Cistercian abbey to be built in Ireland.-Origins:Founded in 1142 on the orders of Saint Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh, Mellifont Abbey sits on the banks of the River Mattock, some ten km north-west of Drogheda.By 1170, Mellifont had one... 1148; trns to Drumconaid c.1156 |
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Buniffi Abbey | Cistercian monks trns from Drumconaid c.1158/9-1161; trns to Boyle Boyle Abbey Boyle Abbey was the first successful foundation in Connacht of the Cistercian order which had opened its first Irish house at Mellifont, County Louth, in 1142.-History:... 1161 |
See also
- List of abbeys and priories
- List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
- List of abbeys and priories in Scotland
- List of abbeys and priories in Wales
- List of abbeys and priories in England
- List of abbeys and priories on the Isle of Man
- Dominicans in IrelandDominicans in IrelandThe Dominican Order has been present in Ireland since 1224 when the first foundation was established in Dublin. This was quickly followed by Drogheda , Kilkenny , Waterford , Limerick and Cork...
- List of cathedrals in Ireland
- List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom
- List of castles in the Republic of Ireland
- List of castles in Northern Ireland