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Dublin — St Thomas’s Abbey

📍 Dublin ⛪ Augustinian Canons Regular 🏛️ dissolved 1539

About This Site

Augustinian Canons Regular priory founded March 1177 by King Henry II; Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine raised to abbey status c.1192; dissolved 1539; granted to William Brabazon 1545

Augustinian Canons Regular priory founded March 1177 by King Henry II; Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine raised to abbey status c.1192; dissolved 1539; granted to William Brabazon 1545

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • The Abbey Church of Saint Thomas the Martyr, Dublin
  • Thomas Court
Communities & Provenance:

Augustinian Canons Regular priory founded March 1177 by King Henry II; Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine raised to abbey status c.1192; dissolved 1539; granted to William Brabazon 1545

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