County Roscommon

‘Abbey (in ruins)’

Early monastic site, founded 7th century by St Finnian of Clonard; diocesan cathedral 1152

Early monastic site, founded 5th century by St Patrick for Bishop Manus (Maine) and Gentene

Early monastic site, founded 6th century by St Colmcille or St Farranan; granted to St Farranan by St Colmcille

‘Abbey’, unknown foundation, order or period; Lough Arrow

Premonstratensian Canons dependent on Loughkey; cell, probably non-conventual, founded 1232 by Clarus MacMailin, archdeacon of Elphin; dissolved before 1594; granted to Robert Harrison 1594

Early monastic site, founded by St Molaise of Inishmurray; Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1172? by the Macdonalds, Irish noblemen; dissolved c.1584

Dominican Friars possibly licensed from Athenry 1427 founded 1507 purportedly by a Mac Donogh, begun by Thomas O’Farrell; founded 1507; dissolved c. 1585; granted to Sir Francis Crofton (Grofton) after…

Suggested Cistercian monks prior to settling at Boyle — dubious; ‘ruins of an abbey’

Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded before 1442 by Cugawrag M’Donough; burned, plundered and exiled by Donarus Macdonkayd 1483; dissolved before 1584; granted to Sir Henry Broncard, assigned to Sir…

Suggested Knights Hospitaller — possibly Temple House, infra

Nuns at Keelty possibly transferred here; Augustinian nuns — Arroasian dependent on Kilcreevanty; founded after 1223?; dissolved before 1562?

Early monastic site, founded 7th century by St Fechin of Fore; Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian? founded before 1166?; dissolved 1588?; leased to Bryan FitzWilliam 1588; Augustinian Friars

Augustinian Friars founded 1423 by Donough O’Hara (Donatus Heagiaa) (son of John (Joannis Pheadgra)) who granted site; Observant Augustinian Friars reform adopted by decree of the prior general 29 December…

Early monastic site, founded 7th century by St Fechin of Fore

Cistercian monks — transferred from Drumconaid; probably Bunfhinne, Dromard Parish, County Sligo; dissolved 1161, transferred to Boyle

Early monastic site, founded by St Fintan, son of Aid; possibly located in County Sligo, also suggested to be Cally, Perthshire

Early monastic site, nuns, founded 5th century by St Patrick for Macet, Cergen, Rodanus and Matona

Early monastic site, founded 6th century (in the time of St Colmcille) by St Loman, son of Dallan; burned 1416

Nuns — order, foundation and period unknown