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Castledermot Priory

📍 Kildare ⛪ Knights Templar (according to tradition) 🏛️ dissolved 1540

About This Site

Knights Templar? (according to tradition) Fratres Cruciferi (re)founded before 1216 by Lord Walter de Ridlesford (during the reign of King John); dissolved 1540 St John’s Tower is the only surviving…

Knights Templar? (according to tradition) Fratres Cruciferi (re)founded before 1216 by Lord Walter de Ridlesford (during the reign of King John); dissolved 1540 St John’s Tower is the only surviving remnant

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • Priory and Hospital of Saint John the Baptist
Communities & Provenance:

Knights Templar? (according to tradition) Fratres Cruciferi (re)founded before 1216 by Lord Walter de Ridlesford (during the reign of King John); dissolved 1540 St John's Tower is the only surviving remnant