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Monastic Sites

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

Monastic Site Cork

Youghal Nunnery

Order: assumed Franciscan nuns

assumed to have been Franciscan? nuns, possibly St Clare (Franciscan Second Order); convent possibly founded during the reign of Henry II; priory founded before 1385; dissolved 1542

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Monastic Site Cork

Youghal Priory

Order: Benedictine monks

Benedictine monks cell, hospital or Maison Dieu, dependent on Waterford and Bath; founded 1185 before 1306; dissolved 1536?

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Monastic Site Cork

Youghill in Munster Friary

Order: Augustinian Friars

Augustinian Friars possibly founded c.1643

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