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Monastic Sites

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

Monastic Site Kilkenny

St. Mary’s Collegiate Church Gowran

Collegiate Church Founded before 1225, Contains a Christianised Ogham Stone from 3rd/4thc. Also the oldest inscribed effigy in Ireland of Ralph, portrieve of Gowran in 1218. The effigy is dated 19…

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Monastic Site Roscommon

Staad Abbey

Order: Early Irish

Early monastic site, reputedly founded by St Molaise of Inishmurray; possible cell of Innishmurray

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Monastic Site Meath

Staholmog Monastery

Founded: 6th century

Order: Early Irish

Early monastic site, founded 6th century by St Colman

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Monastic Site

Stokes Priory

duplication of St Andrews in Ards,[notes 13] supra

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Monastic Site Tyrone

Strabane Friary

Founded: 14th century

Order: Franciscan

Purported Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded 14th century; (though Franciscans did not arrive until late 17th century); merged with Scarvaherin, supra

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Monastic Site Waterford

Stradbally Abbey

Order: Augustinian

Erroneously asserted Augustinian Friars; ‘Abbey’ ruins non-monastic

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Monastic Site Laois

Stradbally Abbey +

Order: Franciscan Friars

Franciscan Friars founded 1447 by Lord O’More; seized by the English c.1568; dissolved c.1569; large house built by Francis Cosby, from monastic materials; granted to Francis Cosby

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Monastic Site Mayo

Strade Friary

Founded: c. 1240

Order: Conventual

Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded c. 1240 (before 1252) by Jordan de Exeter, Lord of Athelthane or his son Stephen, at the bequest of the former’s wife Basilia, daughter of…

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Monastic Site Armagh

Straidbail-Loyse Friary ≈

Order: Franciscans

given as friary of Franciscans founded 1282; probable mistaken reference to Stradbally, County Laois

Monastic Site Cork

Strawhall Monastery

early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded by St Aed mac Bricc of Killare

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Monastic Site Dublin

Swords Monastery =

early monastic site, founded c.560 by St Columbkill[notes 92]

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Monastic Site Dublin

Swords Priory

nuns 1474 mention of a prioress here probably refer to Grace Dieu[notes 93]

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