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Naas Priory

Kildare Augustinian Canons Regular dissolved 1539

About This Site

Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1200? by a baron of Naas; hospital added; dissolved 1539, surrendered by Prior Thomas Poswyk 26 July 1539; granted to Thomas Alen of Dublin 20 April 1540; granted to Richard Mannering 1553; leased to Roger Finglas 1568

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • St John the Baptist
  • Nas-na-rig
  • Nais
  • Nasse
  • Le Nas
  • Nasa
  • Nass