Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Galway Franciscan Nunnery
Order: Franciscan nuns
Franciscan nuns, (?)Third Order founded 1511, church of St Nicholas purportedly granted by Walter Lynch to his daughter; dissolved during the reign of Elizabeth I
Galway Friary
Order: Franciscan Friars Minor
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded 1296 by William de Burgo; Observant Franciscan Friars reformed 1460, and again before 1520; Conventuals and Observants apparently continued together, the latter in the minority;…
Galway Priory
Order: Dominican Friars
possibly formerly a hospital administered by the Premonstratensians Premonstratensian Canons daughter house of Tuam; founded 1235, church purportedly granted to Tuam by the O’Halleran family; dissolved before 1451: relegated to…
Glanworth Abbey
Order: Dominican Friars
Dominican Friars founded 1475[notes 52] (1227[notes 53]) by the Roche family; officially suppressed February 1541, though apparently still in occupation during the reign of Elizabeth I; restored; dissolved c.1578, leased to…
Glascarrig Priory
Founded: after 1190
Order: Tironensian
Tironensian monks made dependent on St Dogmael’s, Wales by Griffin Condon, David Roch and others; founded after 1190 (1190 or 1199); dissolved 1541; church found to be parochial 27 January…
Glasnevin Monastery
early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded before 545 by St Mobi; possibly not continuing after 10th century
Glenarm Friary
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded 1465 by Robert Bissett, cousin of Robert Bissett, Provincial of the Third Order in Ireland; dissolved during the reign of Queen Elizabeth?; granted to…