Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Cloghan Friary
Founded: c.1595
Order: Franciscan
Franciscan Friars purportedly founded c.1595 by the Lord Deputy, Sir William Russell, who took Cloghan Castle from O’Madden — dubious
Clogher Abbey — St Macarten’s Cathedral
Founded: 5th century
Order: Arroasian
Early monastic site, founded 5th century by St Patrick; episcopal diocesan cathedral 1111; Augustinian Canons Regular founded after 1135; Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian adopted after 1140; see transferred to…
Clogher Abbey — St Mary
Founded: before 1183
Order: Arroasian
Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian transferred from cathedral (see immediately below) before 1183; dissolved before 1600?
Clonagh Monastery ø
possible monastic site — order and period unknown land obtained by priests 1396 without the King’s consent, and concealed from the King
Clonard Abbey
Founded: c.520
Order: Arroasian
Early monastic site, founded c.520 by St Finnian; diocesan cathedral 1111; translated to Trim 1202; Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian founded before 1146 (probably 1144); dissolved 1202?
Clonard Priory
Founded: c.1183
Order: Augustinian
Augustinian Canons Regular — probably from St Thomas’s, Dublin founded c.1183 (between 1183 and 1186) by Hugh de Lacy; cathedral priory; dissolved 1202?
Clonatin Priory
Order: Augustinian
Augustinian Canons Regular Romanesque ruins purported to be cell of Ferns Abbey
Clonbroney Abbey
Founded: 5th century
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, nuns purportedly founded 5th century by St Patrick; dissolved after 1163