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Mellifont Nunnery

📍 Louth ⛪ Cistercian 📅 13th Century 🏛️ dissolved

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Cistercian? nuns foundation and status unknown; dissolved c.1228

Cistercian? nuns foundation and status unknown; dissolved c.1228

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Dissolved: c.1228

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