Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Killone Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Chill Eoin)
Augustinian Nuns founded c.1189 (or monks founded 1120) by Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick on site owned by Clare Abbey; dissolved before 1584; ruinous by 1617; now in the grounds of Newhall House, with public access
Killone Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Chill Eoin)
Order: Augustinian Nuns
Augustinian Nuns founded c.1189 (or monks founded 1120) by Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick on site owned by Clare Abbey; dissolved before 1584; ruinous by 1617; now in the grounds of Newhall House,…
Killone Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Chill Eoin)
Order: Augustinian Nuns
Augustinian Nuns founded c.1189 (or monks founded 1120) by Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick on site owned by Clare Abbey; dissolved before 1584; ruinous by 1617; now in the grounds of Newhall House,…
Killone Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Chill Eoin)
Order: Augustinian Nuns
Augustinian Nuns founded c.1189 (or monks founded 1120) by Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick on site owned by Clare Abbey; dissolved before 1584; ruinous by 1617; now in the grounds of Newhall House,…
Killone Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Chill Eoin)
Order: Augustinian Nuns
Augustinian Nuns founded c.1189 (or monks founded 1120) by Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick on site owned by Clare Abbey; dissolved before 1584; ruinous by 1617; now in the grounds of Newhall House,…
Killongford Preceptory
Order: Knights Hospitaller
By tradition Knights Templar also erroneously given as Knights of St John of Jerusalem
Killulagh Monastery
Founded: 5th century
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, patronised 5th century (during the time of St Patrick) by St Lonan; also given as County Offaly, and mistaken for Killalea
Killursa Monastery
early monastic site, founded by St Fursa (Fursey); erenaghs at least to 11th century; church passed to the Fratres Cruciferi of Castledermot