Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Behagh Friary ø (Irish: Mainistir na Beithí)
Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular[notes 22] — probable mistaken identification of Beagh, County Galway
Behagh Friary ø (Irish: Mainistir na Beithí)
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular[notes 22] — probable mistaken identification of Beagh, County Galway
Behagh Friary ø (Irish: Mainistir na Beithí)
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular[notes 22] — probable mistaken identification of Beagh, County Galway
Behagh Friary ø (Irish: Mainistir na Beithí)
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular[notes 22] — probable mistaken identification of Beagh, County Galway
Behagh Friary ø (Irish: Mainistir na Beithí)
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular[notes 22] — probable mistaken identification of Beagh, County Galway
Bellaneeny Friary
Founded: c.1437
Order: Carmelite
Camelite Friars dependent on Eglish; founded after c.1437; dissolved c.1567, possibly abandoned by the Carmelites; leased to Edmund O’Fallon of Athlone 1575; Franciscan Friars? possibly in occupation in the 16th…
Bethlehem Convent
Founded: c.1725 and c.1750
Order: Poor Clares
Poor Clares nuns founded between c.1725 and c.1750
Bewley Camera
Order: Knights Templar
Purported Knights Templar foundation unknown; dissolution unknown; remains of monastic building 1774; ‘Abbey’
Beybeg Cell
Founded: before 1216
Order: Benedictine
Cistercian monks — from Beaubec, France founded before 1216, manor granted by Walter de Lacy to the monks of St Mary and St Laurence de Bellow Becco, confirmed by Henry…