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County Wexford

Discover the sacred heritage of County Wexford

51 Monastic Sites
1 Pilgrimage Routes
0 Christian Sites
Monastic Site Wexford

Ahacortensis Friary

Possible duplication of Enniscorthy or Annaghdown Augustinian Canons Regular (if Enniscorthy, infra); Augustinian Friars

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Arbrensis Monastery

Early monastic site, possibly located in County Wexford

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Ardamine Monastery

Early monastic site, founded by St Maedoc of Ferns, granted to St Maedoc by Dyma

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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

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Ardcolm Monastery

Founded: 6th century

Early monastic site, founded 6th century by St Colmcille

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Ballyhack Preceptory

Founded: before 1212

Knights Hospitaller founded before 1212; dissolved after 1375, merged with Kilcloggan; now the site of Ballyhack Castle

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Ballynaleek Monastery

Early monastic site, founded by St Mael Ruain of Tallaght?

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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…

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Camaross Monastery

Founded: 6th century

Early monastic site, founded 6th century by St Abban

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Carnsore Monastery

Founded: before 585

Early monastic site, Gaelic monks, founded before 585 by St Vogue (Veoc?)

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Clonatin Priory

Augustinian Canons Regular Romanesque ruins purported to be cell of Ferns Abbey

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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…

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Coolgraney Friary

Possible Augustinian Friars; site probably occupied by St Austin’s church, Inch

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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

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Druim-chaoin-cellaig

Founded: 6th century

Early monastic site, founded 6th century by St Abban

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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…

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Dunbrody Priory

Purported Benedictine monks — evidence lacking

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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…

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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…

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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

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