Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Wexford Friary
Founded: before 1268
Order: Conventual
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded before 1268? (during the reign of Henry III), attributed to the Geraldine family; Observant Franciscan Friars reformed 1486; dissolved 1539-40; granted to Paul Turner and…
Weyperous Preceptory?
Order: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Templar church confirmed to the Knights Hospitaller 1212 — no record of preceptory
White Island Monastery?
attempts made to identify this location as being Eo-inis monastery
Wicklow Friary
Founded: before 1268
Order: Conventual
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded before 1268? (during the reign of Henry III); Observant Franciscan Friars reformed after 1521?; dissolved c.1551; leased to Henry Harrington 1575
Woodburn Abbey
Order: Premonstratensian Canons
Premonstratensian Canons daughter house of Dryburgh, Scotland; founded before 1326 (1242), by John de Courcy, in succession to Carrickfergus and Druim La Croix (v. supra); dissolved 1 March 1542 [sic]…
Youghal — Carmelite Friary
Order: purportedly established in ruins of earlier Carmelite abbey
post-Reformation foundation purportedly established in the ruins of an earlier Carmelite ‘abbey'[notes 74]
Youghal — Dominican Friary (North Abbey)
Order: Dominican Friars
Dominican Friars founded 1268 (1271[notes 75]) by Thomas fitz Maurice; built 1268 by Maurice, descendant of Lord Offaly; Regular Observant Dominican Friars reformed 1493; dissolved c.1543; granted in perpetuity to…
Youghal — Franciscan Friary (South Abbey)
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars built 1224 by Maurice Fitzgerald, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland; Observant Franciscan Friars reformed 1460; dissolved 1541-2: church and cloister demolished, convent withdrew to Curraheen, County Waterford; friars…
Youghal — Franciscan Friary, later site
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars founded 1627 in succession to site abandoned (see immediately above)