Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Magheraglass Priory
Founded: 6th century
Order: Arroasian
Early monastic site, probably founded 6th century by St Columcille; Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian dependent on Armagh; founded 1242 by Terence O’Hagan; possibly dissolved by c.1400; converted into a…
Massereene Friary
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded 1500 by Phelim O’Neil; dissolved during the reign of Queen Elizabeth?; granted to Sir Arthur Chichester, Baron of Belfast 1621
Mayo Abbey
Founded: c. 671
Order: Anglo-Saxon Monks
Early monastic site, Anglo-Saxon monks founded c. 671 by St Colman of Lindisfarne; supposed Benedictine monks — evidence lacking diocesan cathedral see transferred from Clogher 1152; see transferred to Clogher…
Meelick Friary
Order: Franciscan Friars Minor
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1414, mandate to license a Franciscan foundation issued to the Bishop of Clonfert by the Pope; Observant Franciscan Friars refounded 1479; dissolved 1559, suppressed and ruined;…