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Ballyprior Priory

Antrim Premonstratensian Canons dissolved after 1565

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Premonstratensian Canons — from Woodburn (community founded at Woodburn before 1326); transferred here 1542-3; dissolved after 1565

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • Magee Island Priory

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