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Toombeola Abbey

📍 Galway ⛪ Dominican Friars 📅 reoccupied 18th century 🏛️ dissolved after 1558

About This Site

Dominican Friars dependent on Athenry; apparently founded after January 1427 by Chieftain O’Madden, Lord, on the site of the Cistercian monks’ priory (see immediately below); dubiously suggested Augustinian Friars – Dominicans possibly gave…

Dominican Friars dependent on Athenry; apparently founded after January 1427 by Chieftain O’Madden, Lord, on the site of the Cistercian monks’ priory (see immediately below); dubiously suggested Augustinian Friars – Dominicans possibly gave shelter to friars of other orders in penal periods dissolved after 1558; seized by the Protestants reoccupied 18th century

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • St Patrick
  • Tuaim-beola
  • Tom-beola
  • Tum-beola
Communities & Provenance:

Dominican Friars dependent on Athenry; apparently founded after January 1427 by Chieftain O'Madden, Lord, on the site of the Cistercian monks' priory (see immediately below); dubiously suggested Augustinian Friars - Dominicans possibly gave shelter to friars of other orders in penal periods dissolved after 1558; seized by the Protestants reoccupied 18th century