Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Kilcorban Friary
Order: Dominican Friars
Dominican Friars dependent on Athenry; founded 1446; dissolved during the reign of Elizabeth I(?); site now occupied by St Corban’s Church
Kilcork Camera
Order: Knights Templar
Knights Templar founded 13th century; dissolved 1308; manor exchanged with Thomas Fitz John, Earl of Kildare 1318, rectory retained for the Knights Hospitaller
Kilcormac Friary
Founded: 1406
Order: Carmelite
Carmelite Friars founded 1406 by Odo (Hugh), son of Nellan Mulloy, buried here; dissolved before 1579?; granted to George Cowley 1579; granted to Robert Leicester, probably after 1599
Kilcornan Preceptory
Order: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Templar church confirmed to the Knights Hospitaller 1212 — no record of preceptory
Kilcrea Friary
Order: Observant Franciscan Friars
Observant Franciscan Friars founded 1465-78 (1470,[notes 55] 1478,[notes 56][notes 57]) by Cormac Mac Thady MacCarthy More, King of Desmond, Lord of Muskerry; officially suppressed 1542, friars remaining in occupancy under the protection of…
Kilcreevanty Abbey
Order: Arroasian
Benedictine nuns founded c.1200, chapel granted by Thomas de Burgo; Augustinian nuns — Arroasian refounded 1223; dissolved 1543
Kilcronaghan Monastery
early monastic site, patronised by St Cruithnechan; erenaghs until early 17th century
Kilcrumper Monastery
Order: Benedictine monks
early monastic site, Gaelic monks, founded 6th century? by St Abban, probably on a site north of Ui Liathain; Benedictine monks; bestowed on Glascarrig 15th century
Kilcullane Preceptory
Order: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Templar church confirmed to the Knights Hospitaller 1212 — no record of preceptory
Kilcullen Abbey
Order: Observant Franciscan Friars
Observant Franciscan Friars founded 1486 (1470[notes 118]) by Roland FitzEustace, Baron of Portlester, purportedly buried here; dissolved before 30 April 1539, appurtenances seized, occupied by Thomas (Eustace), Lord of Kilcullen;…
Kilculliheen Abbey
Founded: 1151
Order: Arroasian
Augustinian nuns — Arroasian dependent on St Mary de Hogges, Dublin; priory founded 1151 by Dermot Mac Murrough, King of Leinster; independent, raised to abbey status before 1257; dissolved 1540,…