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Enniscorthy Priory

πŸ“ Wexford β›ͺ Augustinian πŸ“… 13th Century πŸ›οΈ dissolved

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Mission house or chapel founded c.510 by St Senan of Scattery; Augustinian Canons Regular β€” Victorine dependent on St Thomas’s, Dublin; cell founded before 1229; dissolved 1539; leased to Edward…

Mission house or chapel founded c.510 by St Senan of Scattery; Augustinian Canons Regular β€” Victorine dependent on St Thomas’s, Dublin; cell founded before 1229; dissolved 1539; leased to Edward Spenser 1581; passed to Richard Synnott 1582; granted to Edward Eustace 1593; passed to Sir Henry Wallop 1595; held by Thomas, Earl of Ormond 1605

Historical Information

Founded: c.510
Alternative Names:
  • St John the Evangelist
  • Inis-corthadh
  • Inis-corty
  • Inis-choy
  • St John's