Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Holmpatrick Priory, Skerries
Order: Augustinian Canons Regular
Augustinian Canons Regular — from St Patrick’s Island founded 1220; dissolved 1557; granted to Thomas FitzWilliams 1578; site now occupied by C.I. church
Holy Cross Abbey
Founded: 1169
Order: Benedictine
Early monastic site, purportedly hermit monks in the woods; Benedictine monks? possibly founded 1169? by Donal (Mor) O’Brien, King of Limerick; Cistercian monks — from Monasteranenagh founded 1180; subject to…
Holywood Priory
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular built on site of Ard-mic-nascai Monastery (v. supra); Holywood (Ard Mhic Nasca in Irish) was named Sanctus Boscus by the Normans after the woodland surrounding…
Hore Abbey
Founded: 1272
Order: Cistercian
Cistercian monks — from Mellifont refounded 1272 by David Mac Carwill, Archbishop of Cashel; dissolved 1540, surrendered by Abbot Patrick Stackbold; leased to Sir Henry Radcliffe 1561
Horetown Friary
Founded: 1350-87
Order: Carmelite
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…
Hospital Preceptory
Founded: c.1215
Order: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller founded c.1215 by Geoffrey de Marisco; dissolved 1541; granted to Sir Osborne Echingham 1578
Ibracense Monastery
Founded: 1127
Order: Unknown
Order unknown, founded 1127 or soon after by St Malachy for brethren from Ulster; possibly located in County Tipperary
Illaunmore Monastery (Irish: Mainistir an Oileáin Mhóir)
Gaelic monks founded 7th/8th century; possibly not surviving after the 10th century (historically located in County Galway)
Illaunmore Monastery (Irish: Mainistir an Oileáin Mhóir)
Gaelic monks founded 7th/8th century; possibly not surviving after the 10th century (historically located in County Galway)