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Woodburn Abbey

📍 Antrim ⛪ Premonstratensian Canons 🏛️ dissolved 1542

About This Site

Premonstratensian Canons daughter house of Dryburgh, Scotland; founded before 1326 (1242), by John de Courcy, in succession to Carrickfergus and Druim La Croix (v. supra); dissolved 1 March 1542 [sic]…

Premonstratensian Canons daughter house of Dryburgh, Scotland; founded before 1326 (1242), by John de Courcy, in succession to Carrickfergus and Druim La Croix (v. supra); dissolved 1 March 1542 [sic] (1542–3), surrendered to the commissioners of Henry VIII; canons transferred to Ballyprior; partly demolished after 1558; site now occupied by Carrickfergus Industrial Centre

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • The Holy Trinity
  • St Mary
  • Goodborn Priory
Communities & Provenance:

Premonstratensian Canons daughter house of Dryburgh, Scotland; founded before 1326 (1242), by John de Courcy, in succession to Carrickfergus and Druim La Croix (v. supra); dissolved 1 March 1542 [sic] (1542–3), surrendered to the commissioners of Henry VIII; canons transferred to Ballyprior; partly demolished after 1558; site now occupied by Carrickfergus Industrial Centre