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Carrickfergus Abbey

Antrim Premonstratensian Canons dissolved after 1320-6

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Premonstratensian Canons daughter house of Dryburgh; priory founded before c.1183; raised to abbey status 1212; dissolved after 1320-6; succeeded by Woodburn (v. infra)

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