Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Cill-mBian Monastery ~
early monastic site, possibly located in County Down, founded before 584 by Fergus, Bishop of Down
Clane Friary
Order: Franciscan Friars Minor
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1258 by Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, Lord of Offaly, purportedly buried here 1287; dissolved 1540; granted to a number of people 1541-2 for the use of…
Clane Monastery
early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded c.800 by St Ailbe; probably continuing after 1111