Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Kilcommoc Friary
Order: Dominican
Dominican Friars — probable place of refuge after expulsion from Longford
Kilcommon Priory
Founded: c.1200
Order: Benedictine
Benedictine monks dependent on Glastonbury, Somerset; founded c.1200 by Philip of Worcester; dissolved c.1332?, probably abandoned following Glastonbury’s loss of property in Ireland
Kilconnell Friary
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars founded 1414 (1353 or c.1353) by William O’Kelly, Lord of Ui Maine; dissolved 1541; on the site of an earlier monastery (see immediately below); (NM)
Kilcooly Abbey
Founded: c.1182
Order: Benedictine
Possibly Benedictine monks founded c.1182, site granted to the coarb of Mag Airb by Donal Mor O’Brien; Cistercian monks — from Jerpoint (re?)founded 1184, confirmed by Henry III; dissolved 1540,…
Kilcoona Monastery
early monastic site, founded by St Colmcille, site granted by Tibrades, son of Prince Maelduin, built by St Cuanna (Cuannach)