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Monastic Sites

Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape

Monastic Site Kildare

Naas Priory

Order: Augustinian Canons Regular

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…

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Monastic Site Meath

Navan Abbey

Founded: before 1170

Order: Arroasian

Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian founded before 1170?, probably on site of earlier monastery (see immediately below), church confirmed to the canons by John de Courcy; surrendered 19 July 1538…

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Monastic Site Meath

Navan Monastery

Founded: 6th century

Order: Early Irish

Early monastic site, founded 6th century; Augustinian Canons house probably founded on site

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Monastic Site Tipperary

Nenagh — Tyone Priory Hospital

Founded: c.1200

Order: Augustinian

Fratres Cruciferi under Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1200 by Theobald Walter, Pincerna of Ireland; burned by O’Kennedy 1342 became secular 1541-2, dependent on St John’s, Dublin; dissolved 1551; granted to…

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Monastic Site Tipperary

Nenagh Friary

Founded: 13th century

Order: Franciscan

Franciscan Friars founded 13th century (during the reign of Henry III) by a Kennedy (possibly L. O’Kennedy) or a Butler dissolved before 1587; granted on lease to Robert Collum (Collam)…

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Nendrum Monastery, Mahee Island (Strangford Lough)

Patrician monks founded 5th century by St Patrick; burned 10th century

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Nendrum Priory

Order: Benedictine monks

Benedictine monks cell, dependent on St Bees founded 1179 by John de Courcy, who granted land to St Bees (dependent on St Mary’s, York), on site of earlier monastery (see immediately above);…

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Monastic Site Wexford

New Ross Austin Friars

Founded: before 1320

Order: Augustinian

Augustinian Friars founded before 1320, purportedly by Wiliam de la Roche; Observant Augustinian Friars reformed 1484?; dissolved 1540; sold to Margaret, Countess of Ormond and Ossory; leased to John Savage…

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Monastic Site Wexford

New Ross Franciscan Nunnery

Founded: between 1625 and 1650

Order: Franciscan

Franciscan sisters, Third Order Regular founded between 1625 and 1650

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Monastic Site Wexford

New Ross Grey Friars

Founded: 1615

Order: Franciscan

Observant Franciscan Friars built 1615

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Monastic Site Wexford

New Ross Priory

Founded: 6th century

Order: Conventual

Early monastic site, founded 6th century by St Abban; Crutched Friars founded c.1195, probably by William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke; dissolved before 1295; Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual refounded c.1250 (during…

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Monastic Site Wexford

New Ross Priory, earlier site

Order: Conventual

Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual transferred to later site (see immediately below) before 1295, probably between 1250 and 1256;

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