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Esker Friary

📍 Galway ⛪ Dominican Friars 📅 friars left late 19th century

About This Site

Dominican Friars — Regular Observance founded after 1622, site granted by Ulrick Burke, Earl of Clanricarde, at the request of the Provincial, Fr Ross Mageoghegan and other friars; it became St. Dominic’s College used…

Dominican Friars — Regular Observance founded after 1622, site granted by Ulrick Burke, Earl of Clanricarde, at the request of the Provincial, Fr Ross Mageoghegan and other friars; it became St. Dominic’s College used for formation of members of the order; friars left in the late 19th century, handing the convent over to the Diocese of Clonfert in 1893 who used it for a short time for clerical training.

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • Brosk
  • Coilascail
Communities & Provenance:

Dominican Friars — Regular Observance founded after 1622, site granted by Ulrick Burke, Earl of Clanricarde, at the request of the Provincial, Fr Ross Mageoghegan and other friars; it became St. Dominic's College used for formation of members of the order; friars left in the late 19th century, handing the convent over to the Diocese of Clonfert in 1893 who used it for a short time for clerical training.