Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Inishmot Monastery
Founded: 6th century
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, founded 6th century by St Mochta
Inishmurray Monastery
Founded: 5th century
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, probably founded 5th century (in the time of St Patrick) by St Laisren (Molaise); burned by the Norsemen 807; transferred to the mainland and united with Aughris;…
Inishrobe Monastery
Founded: 6th century
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, founded in the 6th century by St Colmcille?
Inishturk Monastery
Founded: 7th century
Order: Early Irish
Early monastic site, supposedly founded in the 7th century by St Colman; Friars possible place of refuge
Iniskieran Monastery
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan friars founded 1460 by Florence Moar O’Driscoll
Inispollan Monastery
early monastic site, monks in existence 5th century, in the time of St Patrick
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Order: Augustinian Canons Regular
early monastic site, possibly founded 6th century, purportedly by St Colmcille; Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1206 by Thomas Fitz Anthony; dissolved 1540; church in parochial use by 8 January 1541; occupied by Richard Butler; granted to…
Innisfallen Abbey, Innisfallen Island
Order: Augustinian Canons Regular
early monastic site, founded 7th century by Faithlann, son of Aedh damhan, King of Iar-muman (or Finan Lobhair, or Finan Camm; Augustinian Canons Regular founded after 1197?; dissolved 1589? — probably abandoned by…