Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Duiske Abbey +, Graiguenamanagh
Order: Cistercian monks
Cistercian monks — from Stanley, Wiltshire (community founded at Loughmerans c.1202) transferred here from Annamult c.1207, built by William the elder, Earl of Pembroke; dissolved 1536; part of church is in R.C. ecclesiastical use; (NM)
Dulane Monastery
Founded: 5th century
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, founded 5th century?; plundered by the Norsemen 886; plundered by MacMurrough and his knights 1170; church became parochial after 1171
Duleek Monastery
Founded: before 489
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, founded before 489 by St Cianan; diocesan cathedral 1111; merged to Meath after 1152?
Duleek, St Mary’s Abbey
Founded: after 1140
Order: Arroasian
Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian priory founded after 1140 by O’Kelly, probably Muircertach O’Kelly, King of Bregha; probably double monastery Augustinian Canons Regular and nuns — Arroasian dependent on Clonard;…
Duleek, St Michael’s Priory
Founded: c. 1180
Order: Augustinian
Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on Llanthony Secunda; founded c. 1180 by Hugh de Lacy; dissolved before 1538?; rented by Thomas Cusak and others
Dunboyne Cell
Founded: after 1230
Order: Augustinian
Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on Mullingar; founded after 1230?; dissolved after 1350
Dunbrody Abbey
Founded: 1182
Order: Cistercian
Cistercian monks — from St Mary’s, Dublin dependent on St Mary’s, Dublin; founded 1182, land granted to the abbot and monks of Buildwas by Hervé de Monte Marisco 1171-2, confirmed…
Dundalk Carmelite Friars
Founded: before 1626
Order: Carmelite
Carmelite Friars founded before 1626; dissolved, Franciscan Friars’ petition for prior rights upheld 1633