Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Rathlin Monastery
attempted foundation c.546 by St Comgal of Bangor thwarted when driven away by armed men; church of Rechrann (identified as Rathlin[notes 2]) founded 635 by Segene, Abbot of Iona; burned…
Rathmichael Monastery, Carrickgolligan Hill
early monastic site, enclosure with slight remains of church and round tower
Rathmore
Order: Cistercian monks
Cistercian monks founded 1861; temporary refuge for monks evicted from Melleray, France
Rathmullan Camera
Order: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller possible camera or frankhouse, hospital or hospice, limb of Castleboys
Rathmullan Priory
Order: Carmelite Friars
Carmelite Friars possibly founded 1403 and subsequently failed, or (refounded?) 1516 by Owen Roe MacSweeney (Mac Suine Fanagh); plundered by Bingham 1595; dissolved; granted to Sir James Fullerton; assigned to…
Rathnew Monastery
Founded: before 779
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, founded before 779, patronised by St Ernin
Rathossain Monastery
Founded: before 686
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, founded before 686 by St Ossain
Rathronan Camera
Founded: 13th century
Order: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Templar founded 13th century; dissolved 1308; Knights Hospitaller
Ratoath Abbey
Founded: c.1300
Order: Augustinian
Augustinian Canons Regular cell? dependent on St Thomas’s Abbey, Dublin?, possibly a hospital maintained by the canons; founded before c.1300?; dissolved after 1456