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Castleknock Priory

📍 Dublin ⛪ Benedictine monks 🏛️ dissolved before 1485

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Benedictine monks dependent on Little Malvern; founded c.1185 by Hugh Tyrrell, Lord of Castleknock; erroneously also given as Augustinian[notes 85] dissolved before 1485

Benedictine monks dependent on Little Malvern; founded c.1185 by Hugh Tyrrell, Lord of Castleknock; erroneously also given as Augustinian[notes 85] dissolved before 1485

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • St Brigid
  • Caislen-cnoc
  • Caislen-Cnucha
Communities & Provenance:

Benedictine monks dependent on Little Malvern; founded c.1185 by Hugh Tyrrell, Lord of Castleknock; erroneously also given as Augustinian[notes 85] dissolved before 1485

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