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Abbeygormacan Abbey

πŸ“ Galway β›ͺ Augustinian Canons Regular πŸ›οΈ dissolved 1543

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Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1170?; dissolved 1543; granted to Ulick Bourke (William Ulick de Burgo Mac William), first Earl of Clanrickard (Clanricarde) 1543/1544, who probably did not evict the…

Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1170?; dissolved 1543; granted to Ulick Bourke (William Ulick de Burgo Mac William), first Earl of Clanrickard (Clanricarde) 1543/1544, who probably did not evict the canons, who possibly remained until the reign of Elizabeth I

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Gormacan
  • Gormacan Abbey
  • Abbey Gormogan Abbey
  • Monaster O Gormogan
  • de Via Nova
  • Nova Via
Communities & Provenance:

Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1170?; dissolved 1543; granted to Ulick Bourke (William Ulick de Burgo Mac William), first Earl of Clanrickard (Clanricarde) 1543/1544, who probably did not evict the canons, who possibly remained until the reign of Elizabeth I