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Legan Abbey, Monkstown

📍 Cork ⛪ Benedictine monks 🏛️ dissolved before 1350

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Benedictine monks, daughter house of Waterford Priory dependent on Waterford and Bath; founded sometime before 1301 (after 1204); dissolved before 1350?

Benedictine monks, daughter house of Waterford Priory dependent on Waterford and Bath; founded sometime before 1301 (after 1204); dissolved before 1350?

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • Liegane, in Monkstown
Communities & Provenance:

Benedictine monks, daughter house of Waterford Priory dependent on Waterford and Bath; founded sometime before 1301 (after 1204); dissolved before 1350?

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