Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Cork Augustinian Abbey
Order: Augustinian Friars
Augustinian Friars founded 14th/15th century before 1306[notes 46] (during the reign of Edward I[notes 47]) by Lord Kinsale; Observant Augustinian Friars 1472 to 1475 and 1484; dissolved 1540; granted to…
Cork Augustinian Priory *
Order: Augustinian Canons Regular
Augustinian Canons Regular built 1780; extant
Cork Black Friary
Order: Dominican Friars
Dominican Friars founded 1229 by Lord Philip de Barry; Observant Dominican Friars reformed 1484; dissolved 1540-1; granted to William Boureman 20 December 1543; bought by Brown and Goule; request by…
Cork Grey Friary
Order: Franciscan Friars Minor
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1214 by Dermot Mor MacCarthy Reagh; built c.1229-31, benefactors the de Barrys and Prendergasts; Observant Franciscan Friars reformed 1500; dissolved and abandoned 1540; granted to…
Cork Hospital and Cell
Order: Benedictine monks
Benedictine monks dependent on Waterford founded c.1191; united to Bath before 1204; dissolved 1536
Cork Monastery #
early monastic site, founded 600 by St Finbar (Bairre); site probably now occupied by St Finbarre’s Cathedral
Cork Nunnery ~
Order: Augustinian Nuns
Benedictine[notes 48] or Augustinian[notes 49] nuns license granted following petition by Agnes de Hareford, a recluse of Cork, and enquiry by John Wogan, Justiciar 1297, on the direction of the…
Cork Preceptory
Order: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller (mistakenly given as Knights Templar[notes 50]) hospice rather than regular preceptory, founded before 1212, confirmed to the Hospitallers by Innocent III; built 1292; dissolved 16th century?; passed to…
Cork Priory
Order: Benedictine?-Augustinian nuns
Benedictine?-Augustinian nuns founded 1297 on the wishes of Agnes de Hareford, on the findings of enquiry by John Wogan, Justiciar, on direction of the Crown; dissolved before 1540?
Court Friary
Founded: after 1449
Order: Franciscan
Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded after 1449 by Father Andrew O’Clumhain (Coleman), land granted by John O’Hara, with the approval of Cornelius O’Moghan, Bishop of Achonry; dissolved 1588; granted…