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Monastic Sites

Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape

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Killinchy Monastery Killinchy in the woods

early monastic site, founded by St Duinseach

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Monastic Site

Killinchy Monastery Killinchy in the woods

early monastic site, founded by St Duinseach

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Killinchy Monastery Killinchy in the woods

early monastic site, founded by St Duinseach

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Monastic Site

Killinchy Monastery Killinchy in the woods

early monastic site, founded by St Duinseach

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Monastic Site

Killinchy Monastery Killinchy in the woods

early monastic site, founded by St Duinseach

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Monastic Site Dublin

Killiney Friary *

Order: Franciscan Friars

Franciscan Friars founded 1945; extant

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Monastic Site Dublin

Killiney Monastery

early monastic site, Gaelic nuns

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Monastic Site Dublin

Killininny Monastery

early monastic site, Gaelic nuns

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Monastic Site Sligo

Killinmulrooney Cell

Founded: before 1223

Order: Arroasian

Augustinian nuns — Arroasian dependent on Kilcreevanty; founded before 1223, church granted to the nuns of Kilcreevanty by Pope Honorius III c.1223 and by Pope Boniface IX 1400; dissolved 1543?

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Monastic Site Westmeath

Killinure Friary

Order: Franciscan

Observant Franciscan Friars — from Athlone place of refuge

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Monastic Site Kerry

Killobarnaun Monastery

early monastic site, Anchorites

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Monastic Site Wicklow

Killodry Priory

Founded: 1539

Order: Augustinian

Augustinian Canons Regular cell, dependent on St Thomas’s, Dublin; foundation unknown; possibly located in County Wicklow dissolved 1539

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