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Canon Island Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Oileán na gCanánach)

⛪ Augustinian Canons Regular 🏛️ dissolved before 1577

About This Site

Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1180? by Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick, probably on site of early monastery (see immediately below); dissolved before 1577; granted to Henry, Earl of Thomond; (NM)

Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1180? by Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick, probably on site of early monastery (see immediately below); dissolved before 1577; granted to Henry, Earl of Thomond; (NM)

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • Inisnegananagh Priory
  • Inis-negananagh
  • Inis-negananagad
  • Insula Canonicorum
  • Elanagranoch
  • Elaunaganaghe
  • Island of Saints
Communities & Provenance:

Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1180? by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick, probably on site of early monastery (see immediately below); dissolved before 1577; granted to Henry, Earl of Thomond; (NM)