Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Ennis Friary * (Irish: Mainistir na hInse)
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1240-7 (before 1242? or c.1284) by Donchad Cairbreach O’Brien (Donatus Carbrac O’Brien), King of Thomond; Observant Franciscan Friars reformed 1536-40 (1550); dissolved; granted to the Earl of Thomond 1578; granted to William Dongan Esq.; dissolved on the death of the last friar 1617; friars returned 1628; expelled 1651; friars returned c.1660; expelled […]
Ennis Friary * (Irish: Mainistir na hInse)
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1240-7 (before 1242? or c.1284) by Donchad Cairbreach O’Brien (Donatus Carbrac O’Brien), King of Thomond; Observant Franciscan Friars reformed 1536-40 (1550); dissolved; granted to the Earl…
Enniscorthy Abbey
Founded: 1460
Order: Conventual
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1460 by Donal, Fuscus (Donal Reagh Cavanagh); Observant Franciscan Friars reformed c.1460 by Dermit (O Murchu); dissolved 1539; granted to James, Earl of Ormond; destroyed…
Enniscorthy Priory
Founded: c.510
Order: Augustinian
Mission house or chapel founded c.510 by St Senan of Scattery; Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine dependent on St Thomas’s, Dublin; cell founded before 1229; dissolved 1539; leased to Edward…
Ennisnag Monastery C.I.
early monastic site, founded c. 6th century, by Manchan; Prebend Church, founded 1291 by papal authority suppressed c. 16th century; ruins new Protestant church, St. Peters, founded 19th century.
Ennistimon Monastery (Irish: Mainistir Inis Díomáin)
Pre-existing parish church/chapel at the site, built after 1812. Monastery and school founded in 1824 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers. Residence at the site completed by May 1827. Later buildings include a primary school (1931) and nearby secondary school(1970).
Ennistimon Monastery (Irish: Mainistir Inis Díomáin)
Pre-existing parish church/chapel at the site, built after 1812. Monastery and school founded in 1824 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers. Residence at the site completed by May 1827. Later buildings…