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Kilcullen Abbey

📍 Kildare ⛪ Observant Franciscan Friars 🏛️ dissolved before 1539

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Observant Franciscan Friars founded 1486 (1470[notes 118]) by Roland FitzEustace, Baron of Portlester, purportedly buried here; dissolved before 30 April 1539, appurtenances seized, occupied by Thomas (Eustace), Lord of Kilcullen;…

Observant Franciscan Friars founded 1486 (1470[notes 118]) by Roland FitzEustace, Baron of Portlester, purportedly buried here; dissolved before 30 April 1539, appurtenances seized, occupied by Thomas (Eustace), Lord of Kilcullen; expelled 1547; granted to Edmund Spenser 1582; 1640s

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • New Abbey
  • Cell-ciluinn
  • Ouen
Communities & Provenance:

Observant Franciscan Friars founded 1486 (1470[notes 118]) by Roland FitzEustace, Baron of Portlester, purportedly buried here; dissolved before 30 April 1539, appurtenances seized, occupied by Thomas (Eustace), Lord of Kilcullen; expelled 1547; granted to Edmund Spenser 1582; 1640s

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