Skip to content

Kilmacduagh Monastery

📍 Galway ⛪ Augustinian Canons Regular 📅 episcopal diocesan cathedral 11th century 🏛️ dissolved 1584

About This Site

early monastic site, founded 6th-7th century by St Colman son of Duagh on land granted by Guaire, King ruined by William Fitz Adelm de Burgo early 13th century; episcopal diocesan cathedral 11th century;…

early monastic site, founded 6th-7th century by St Colman son of Duagh on land granted by Guaire, King ruined by William Fitz Adelm de Burgo early 13th century; episcopal diocesan cathedral 11th century; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1225-50; dissolved 1584; granted to Richard, Earl of Clanricarde

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • St Mary de Petra
  • Cell-mic-duaich
  • Duaca
  • Kil-macough
Communities & Provenance:

early monastic site, founded 6th-7th century by St Colman son of Duagh on land granted by Guaire, King ruined by William Fitz Adelm de Burgo early 13th century; episcopal diocesan cathedral 11th century; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1225-50; dissolved 1584; granted to Richard, Earl of Clanricarde