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Knockmoy Abbey

📍 Galway ⛪ Cistercian monks 🏛️ dissolved 1542

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Cistercian monks — from Boyle founded 1190 by Cathal Crobderg O’Conor, King of Connacht; dissolved 1542, surrendered by Abbot Hugh O’Kelly 24 May 1542, though a secularised form of monasticism apparently continued;…

Cistercian monks — from Boyle founded 1190 by Cathal Crobderg O’Conor, King of Connacht; dissolved 1542, surrendered by Abbot Hugh O’Kelly 24 May 1542, though a secularised form of monasticism apparently continued; let to Andrew Brereton for 21 years, 1566; part granted to Nicholas FitzSymons 1568; QE

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • Abbeyknockmoy Abbey
  • Collis Victoriae
  • Cnoc-muaidhe
  • Knockmuighe
  • Mainister-cnoc-muaide
Communities & Provenance:

Cistercian monks — from Boyle founded 1190 by Cathal Crobderg O'Conor, King of Connacht; dissolved 1542, surrendered by Abbot Hugh O'Kelly 24 May 1542, though a secularised form of monasticism apparently continued; let to Andrew Brereton for 21 years, 1566; part granted to Nicholas FitzSymons 1568; QE