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Hare Island Priory

πŸ“ Westmeath β›ͺ Augustinian πŸ“… 12th Century πŸ›οΈ Abandoned

About This Site

Early monastic site, founded before 542 by St Ciaran of Clonmacnois; Augustinian Canons Regular founded after 1140?; cell dependent on Saints’ Island? from before 1259?; dissolved before 1500?, probably abandoned…

Early monastic site, founded before 542 by St Ciaran of Clonmacnois; Augustinian Canons Regular founded after 1140?; cell dependent on Saints’ Island? from before 1259?; dissolved before 1500?, probably abandoned some time before the general suppression

Historical Information

Founded: before 542
Alternative Names:
  • Inis Ainghin
  • Inish Inneen
  • Oilean Aingin
  • Saints Island, Lough Ree