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Killone Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Chill Eoin)

Augustinian Nuns dissolved before 1584

About This Site

Augustinian Nuns founded c.1189 (or monks founded 1120) by Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick on site owned by Clare Abbey; dissolved before 1584; ruinous by 1617; now in the grounds of Newhall House, with public access

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Killone
  • Killoen
  • St John de Thomon