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Tristernagh Priory

Westmeath Augustinian 13th Century Destroyed

About This Site

Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1200 by Geoffrey de Constentin (Galfred de Constantine); dissolved 1539, surrendered by Prior commendator Edmund Nugent, Bishop of Kilmore; granted to Robert Delman 10 December 1539 later in religious use; destroyed 1783

Historical Information

Founded:c.1200
Alternative Names:
  • St Mary
  • Dristernach
  • Dryssternac
  • apud Kilbixy