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Clontuskert Priory

📍 Galway ⛪ Arroasian 🏛️ dissolved 1562

About This Site

early monastic site, founded c.805 (before 809), by St Boedan; Augustinian Canons Regular – (?)Arroasian founded after 1140, probably by the O’Kelly family; dissolved 1562 Augustinian Friars possibly restored 1637; (NM)

early monastic site, founded c.805 (before 809), by St Boedan; Augustinian Canons Regular – (?)Arroasian founded after 1140, probably by the O’Kelly family; dissolved 1562 Augustinian Friars possibly restored 1637; (NM)

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Clontuskert
  • Clontuskert Abbey
  • The Old Abbey
  • Cluain-tuaiskirt-ua-maine
  • Clontuskert-Omanny
Communities & Provenance:

early monastic site, founded c.805 (before 809), by St Boedan; Augustinian Canons Regular - (?)Arroasian founded after 1140, probably by the O'Kelly family; dissolved 1562 Augustinian Friars possibly restored 1637; (NM)