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Clane Friary

📍 Kildare ⛪ Franciscan Friars Minor 🏛️ dissolved 1540

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Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1258 by Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, Lord of Offaly, purportedly buried here 1287; dissolved 1540; granted to a number of people 1541-2 for the use of…

Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1258 by Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, Lord of Offaly, purportedly buried here 1287; dissolved 1540; granted to a number of people 1541-2 for the use of Sir Thomas Luttrell; friars remained until monastery destroyed c.1606; restored 1647; dissolved c.1650

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • Cloenath
  • Claenath
  • Claenad
  • Claona
  • Cleonad
  • Cloney
  • Cluain
Communities & Provenance:

Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1258 by Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, Lord of Offaly, purportedly buried here 1287; dissolved 1540; granted to a number of people 1541-2 for the use of Sir Thomas Luttrell; friars remained until monastery destroyed c.1606; restored 1647; dissolved c.1650