Skip to content

Inistioge Abbey =+

📍 Kilkenny ⛪ Augustinian Canons Regular 📅 possibly founded 6th century 🏛️ dissolved 1540

About This Site

early monastic site, possibly founded 6th century, purportedly by St Colmcille; Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1206 by Thomas Fitz Anthony; dissolved 1540; church in parochial use by 8 January 1541; occupied by Richard Butler; granted to…

early monastic site, possibly founded 6th century, purportedly by St Colmcille; Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1206 by Thomas Fitz Anthony; dissolved 1540; church in parochial use by 8 January 1541; occupied by Richard Butler; granted to Sir Edmond Butler 1566; incorporated into current C.I. parish church

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • St Mary and St Colmcille
  • St Columba
  • Inis-teoc
  • Inis-tiock
  • Ynysteoc
Communities & Provenance:

early monastic site, possibly founded 6th century, purportedly by St Colmcille; Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1206 by Thomas Fitz Anthony; dissolved 1540; church in parochial use by 8 January 1541; occupied by Richard Butler; granted to Sir Edmond Butler 1566; incorporated into current C.I. parish church