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Assaroe Abbey

📍 Donegal ⛪ Cistercian monks 🏛️ dissolved after 1597

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Cistercian monks — from Boyle daughter house of Boyle founded 1178 by Roderick O’Cananan, Prince of Tyrconnell or Flaharty; colonized 1179 or 1184; dedicated 1184 by Flaharty O’Muldorry; burnt 1377; plundered by…

Cistercian monks — from Boyle daughter house of Boyle founded 1178 by Roderick O’Cananan, Prince of Tyrconnell or Flaharty; colonized 1179 or 1184; dedicated 1184 by Flaharty O’Muldorry; burnt 1377; plundered by Niall Óg O’Neill, King of Tyrone 1398; dissolved after 1597; granted to Anthony Fyrres 1586

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • God and St Bernard
  • Astrath
  • Ashroe
  • Ashrath
  • Eas-Roe
  • Es-aeda-ruaid
  • Inis-Samer
  • Samaria
  • Esarua
Communities & Provenance:

Cistercian monks — from Boyle daughter house of Boyle founded 1178 by Roderick O'Cananan, Prince of Tyrconnell or Flaharty; colonized 1179 or 1184; dedicated 1184 by Flaharty O'Muldorry; burnt 1377; plundered by Niall Óg O'Neill, King of Tyrone 1398; dissolved after 1597; granted to Anthony Fyrres 1586