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Devenish Island Abbey, Lough Erne

📍 Fermanagh ⛪ adjacent to Culdees house 🏛️ burned 1157

About This Site

Augustinian Canons Regular — probably from SS Peter & Paul, Armagh founded 1130, adjacent to Culdees house (see immediately below); Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian dependent on Armagh after 1140; burned 1157 and 1360;…

Augustinian Canons Regular — probably from SS Peter & Paul, Armagh founded 1130, adjacent to Culdees house (see immediately below); Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian dependent on Armagh after 1140; burned 1157 and 1360; apparently dependent on Clogher 1427; dissolved after 1600; deserted 1607; possibly Augustinian Friars (if Dominensis)

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Devenish Island
  • St Laserian's parish and collegiate church (1457)
  • Devenish Island Priory
  • Daiminis
  • Daminis
  • Inis-na-nDam
  • Dominensis?
Communities & Provenance:

Augustinian Canons Regular — probably from SS Peter & Paul, Armagh founded 1130, adjacent to Culdees house (see immediately below); Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian dependent on Armagh after 1140; burned 1157 and 1360; apparently dependent on Clogher 1427; dissolved after 1600; deserted 1607; possibly Augustinian Friars (if Dominensis)

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