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Inchicronan Priory (Irish: Prióireacht Inse Chrónáin)

⛪ Augustinian Canons Regular 📅 possibly founded 6th century 🏛️ church restored for parochial use 1615

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early monastic site, possibly founded 6th century by patron, St Cronan of Tuamgraney;[notes 25] Augustinian Canons Regular — from Clareabbey dependent on Clare; founded c.1198? by Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick, who granted the…

early monastic site, possibly founded 6th century by patron, St Cronan of Tuamgraney;[notes 25] Augustinian Canons Regular — from Clareabbey dependent on Clare; founded c.1198? by Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick, who granted the island to Clare; parish church 1302, built on the site of an earlier monastery; dissolved c.1543; restored and in use by ‘friars’ in the reign of Elizabeth; church restored for parochial use 1615 by Donogh, Earl of Thomond; granted to Henry, Earl of Thomond 1661; (NM)

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • Conventual Priory of St Mary, Ynyscronan (1421)
  • Inchycronayne
  • Inis-cronain
  • Inchycronayn
Communities & Provenance:

early monastic site, possibly founded 6th century by patron, St Cronan of Tuamgraney;[notes 25] Augustinian Canons Regular — from Clareabbey dependent on Clare; founded c.1198? by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick, who granted the island to Clare; parish church 1302, built on the site of an earlier monastery; dissolved c.1543; restored and in use by 'friars' in the reign of Elizabeth; church restored for parochial use 1615 by Donogh, Earl of Thomond; granted to Henry, Earl of Thomond 1661; (NM)