Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Dublin — St Thomas’s Abbey
Order: Augustinian Canons Regular
Augustinian Canons Regular priory founded March 1177 by King Henry II; Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine raised to abbey status c.1192; dissolved 1539; granted to William Brabazon 1545
Dublin — St. Mary del Dam
purported nunnery;[notes 87] parish church occupied by a woman recluse 1276-7[notes 88]
Dublin Augustinian Friary of the Holy Trinity
Order: Augustinian Friars
Augustinian Friars founded c.1259; Observant adopted 1517; dissolved 1540; granted to Robert Casey 6 May 1541
Dublin Augustinian Priory (at the (East) Gate of Dublin)
Order: purported Augustinian Canons Regular
purported Augustinian Canons Regular[notes 89]
Dublin Augustinian Priory, St Olave
Order: Augustinian Canons Regular
Augustinian Canons Regular church belonging to Bristol
Dublin Carmelite Friary *
Order: Carmelite Friars
Carmelite Friars founded 1274 by Sir Robert Bagot, Chief Justice; dissolved 3 August 1539, surrendered by the last prior William Kelly; granted to Nicholas Stanyhurst; demolished before 18 August 1541;…
Dublin Dominican Friary
Order: Dominican Friars
Dominican Friars founded 1224; destroyed by fire in Dublin 1304; rebuilt before 1308 by Eustace le Poer; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Thomas Cusack 1542; granted to the Earl of…
Dublin Franciscan Friary *
Order: Franciscan Friars Minor
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded before 13 January 1233 (possibly on an earlier site); possibly transferred here c.1236; Observant Franciscan Friars adopted 1521; dissolved 1540; granted to Thomas Stephens 1541
Dublin Knights Hospitallers
Order: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller frankhouse of Kilmainham, founded before 1290; continued until the suppression
Dublin Priory Hospital
Fratres Cruciferi and nuns founded before 15 November 1588 (1185-8) by Ailred the Palmer; dissolved 1539; granted to Maurice, Earl of Thomond, 1544