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Ardcarn Friary

📍 Sligo ⛪ Franciscan 🏛️ Uncertain

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Recorded as Franciscan Friars — no monastic house; Friars of Knockvicar owned land in the parish

Recorded as Franciscan Friars — no monastic house; Friars of Knockvicar owned land in the parish

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