Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Tullow Abbey
Order: Augustinian Friars
Augustinian Friars founded 1314 by Simon Lumbard and Hugh Talun who granted site; dissolved 1541?; granted to Thomas, Earl of Ormond, December 1557
Tullow/Tully Monastery
early monastic site, founded by St Brigid (possibly Brigid, daughter of Leinin); ruined 13th-century church may occupy site of an Early Christian monastic site
Tully Abbey
Order: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller founded before 1212, confirmed by Innocent III 1212; dissolved before 1527; granted to David Sutton 1538
Tullyhoa Abbey
order, foundation and founder unknown; ruins purported to be the remains of an abbey
Tullylease Abbey
Order: Augustinian Canons Regular
early monastic site, founded by St Berechert, an Anglo-Saxon; Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1170?, built by Mathew, son of Griffin; cell dependent on Kells Ossory after 1193; dissolved (?)
Tullylease Monastery
Founded: 6th century
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, purportedly founded 6th century by St Berichert; monastic lands recorded as late as 1615
Tullylish Monastery
early monastic site, founded by St Bearnasga of Tulach-lis; mistakenly identified as Tyllylease (County Cork); remains excavated in the vicinity of the ruined parochial church (abandoned 1861, replaced by new…
Tulsk Priory
Founded: 1448
Order: Dominican
Dominican Friars founded 1448 by a (Mac)Dowell or other, land granted by Felim (Fedlimid) mac Fedlimid O’Conor, buried here; dissolved before 1591?; land granted to Terence O’Byrne 1594; friary granted…
Turbotstown Monastery
Founded: before 809
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, founded before 809, possibly by St Fechin