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Cork — Gill Abbey

📍 Cork 🏛️ dissolved 1542-4

About This Site

daughter house of Cong; founded 1136-7? by Cormac Mac Carthy; dissolved 1542-4; granted c.1590 to Cormac MacCarthy and Sir Richard Grenville; CI Church on site

daughter house of Cong; founded 1136-7? by Cormac Mac Carthy; dissolved 1542-4; granted c.1590 to Cormac MacCarthy and Sir Richard Grenville; CI Church on site

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • St John the baptist (correctly St John the Evangelist)
  • Antro S. Finarri
  • Weem
  • Weym
Communities & Provenance:

daughter house of Cong; founded 1136-7? by Cormac Mac Carthy; dissolved 1542-4; granted c.1590 to Cormac MacCarthy and Sir Richard Grenville; CI Church on site