Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Riasc Monastery,
early monastic site, Anchorites founded 6th century; probably continuing after 1111
Rincrew Abbey, Rincrew Hill
Founded: c.1180
Order: Augustinian
Knights Templar founded c.1180?, purportedly by Raymond Le Gros; dissolved 1308? 330; traditionally/erroneously Knights Hospitaller Augustinian Canons Regular passed to Molana; dissolved with Molana 1541; granted to Sir Walter Raleigh…