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Augustinian nuns — Arroasian dependent on St Mary de Hogges, Dublin; priory founded 1151 by Dermot Mac Murrough, King of Leinster; independent, raised to abbey status before 1257; dissolved 1540,…
Augustinian nuns — Arroasian dependent on St Mary de Hogges, Dublin; priory founded 1151 by Dermot Mac Murrough, King of Leinster; independent, raised to abbey status before 1257; dissolved 1540, surrendered by Abbess Isabella Mothing granted to Sir Edmund Butler 1566; granted to the town of Waterford 1582-3
Historical Information
Founded: 1151
Dissolved: 1540
Associated Saints: Dermot Mac Murrough, King of Leinster
Alternative Names:
- Cell-cleeheen
- Kellinge
- Killaylyhin
- Kylkyllin
- de Bello Portu