Monastic Sites

Carmelite Friars founded 1350-87? by the Furlong family, possibly Philip Furlong; dissolved before 1541?; granted to Sir John Davis, assigned to Francis Talbot; friars remained in the district, convent existing…

Knights Hospitaller founded c.1215 by Geoffrey de Marisco; dissolved 1541; granted to Sir Osborne Echingham 1578

non-monastic collegiate church

Order unknown, founded 1127 or soon after by St Malachy for brethren from Ulster; possibly located in County Tipperary

early monastic site, stone oratories

Gaelic monks founded 7th/8th century; possibly not surviving after the 10th century (historically located in County Galway)

Historical county location. See County Clare

Gaelic monks founded 7th/8th century; possibly not surviving after the 10th century (historically located in County Galway)

possible monastic site — order and period unknown

possible monastic site — order and period unknown

early monastic site, Gaelic monks; founded 6th century by St Seanach

Cistercian monks — from Furness founded 1180 (or 1188) by John de Courcy, on the site of an earlier monastery (see immediately below), replacing the monastery at Carig (Erenagh) which he destroyed; dissolved…