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Ahacortensis Friary
Possible duplication of Enniscorthy or Annaghdown Augustinian Canons Regular (if Enniscorthy, infra); Augustinian Friars
Ardamine Monastery
Early monastic site, founded by St Maedoc of Ferns, granted to St Maedoc by Dyma
Ardcavan Monastery
Founded: 7th century
Early monastic site, founded 7th century? by St Coeman mac Colman, or Colmad, brother of St Degan?; plundered 819; erenagh land into mid-11th century
Ballyhack Preceptory
Founded: before 1212
Knights Hospitaller founded before 1212; dissolved after 1375, merged with Kilcloggan; now the site of Ballyhack Castle
Begerin Priory
Founded: 5th century
Early monastic site and school, founded 5th century by St Ibar; dissolved 1160; Benedictine monks priory cell dependent on Exeter founded 1181; dissolved 1400 transferred to Augustinian Canons Regular of…
Carnsore Monastery
Founded: before 585
Early monastic site, Gaelic monks, founded before 585 by St Vogue (Veoc?)
Clonatin Priory
Augustinian Canons Regular Romanesque ruins purported to be cell of Ferns Abbey
Clonmines Friary
Founded: 1317
Augustinian Friars founded 1317; dissolved 1539, surrendered by Prior Nicholas Wadding; granted to Laurence Newell (Nevill) 1 May 1540 granted to John Parker 1543, who had licence to alienate 1546…
Coolgraney Friary
Possible Augustinian Friars; site probably occupied by St Austin’s church, Inch
Down Priory
Founded: before 1170
Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1170, purportedly by the Danes; dissolved c.1567; leased to Thomas Stewcley 1567; held by Richard Maisterson 1608
Dunbrody Abbey
Founded: 1182
Cistercian monks — from St Mary’s, Dublin dependent on St Mary’s, Dublin; founded 1182, land granted to the abbot and monks of Buildwas by Hervé de Monte Marisco 1171-2, confirmed…
Enniscorthy Abbey
Founded: 1460
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1460 by Donal, Fuscus (Donal Reagh Cavanagh); Observant Franciscan Friars reformed c.1460 by Dermit (O Murchu); dissolved 1539; granted to James, Earl of Ormond; destroyed…
Enniscorthy Priory
Founded: c.510
Mission house or chapel founded c.510 by St Senan of Scattery; Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine dependent on St Thomas’s, Dublin; cell founded before 1229; dissolved 1539; leased to Edward…
Ferns — St Aidan’s Monastery of Adoration
Founded: 1990
Family of Adoration nuns founded 1990, on the site of a parochial church (built 1826) demolished 1970s