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Canon Island Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Oileán na gCanánach)

Augustinian Canons Regular dissolved before 1577

About This Site

Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1180? by Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick, probably on site of early monastery (see immediately below); dissolved before 1577; granted to Henry, Earl of Thomond; (NM)

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • Inisnegananagh Priory
  • Inis-negananagh
  • Inis-negananagad
  • Insula Canonicorum
  • Elanagranoch
  • Elaunaganaghe
  • Island of Saints