Monastic Sites
Discover Ireland's ancient monasteries and abbeys that shaped the spiritual landscape
Kilconnell Friary
Order: Franciscan Friars
Franciscan Friars founded 1414 (1353 or c.1353) by William O’Kelly, Lord of Ui Maine; dissolved 1541; on the site of an earlier monastery (see immediately below); (NM)
Kilcooly Abbey
Founded: c.1182
Order: Benedictine
Possibly Benedictine monks founded c.1182, site granted to the coarb of Mag Airb by Donal Mor O’Brien; Cistercian monks — from Jerpoint (re?)founded 1184, confirmed by Henry III; dissolved 1540,…
Kilcoona Monastery
early monastic site, founded by St Colmcille, site granted by Tibrades, son of Prince Maelduin, built by St Cuanna (Cuannach)
Kilcorban Friary
Order: Dominican Friars
Dominican Friars dependent on Athenry; founded 1446; dissolved during the reign of Elizabeth I(?); site now occupied by St Corban’s Church
Kilcork Camera
Order: Knights Templar
Knights Templar founded 13th century; dissolved 1308; manor exchanged with Thomas Fitz John, Earl of Kildare 1318, rectory retained for the Knights Hospitaller
Kilcormac Friary
Founded: 1406
Order: Carmelite
Carmelite Friars founded 1406 by Odo (Hugh), son of Nellan Mulloy, buried here; dissolved before 1579?; granted to George Cowley 1579; granted to Robert Leicester, probably after 1599
Kilcornan Preceptory?
Order: Knights Hospitaller
Knights Templar church confirmed to the Knights Hospitaller 1212 — no record of preceptory
Kilcrea Friary
Order: Observant Franciscan Friars
Observant Franciscan Friars founded 1465-78 (1470,[notes 55] 1478,[notes 56][notes 57]) by Cormac Mac Thady MacCarthy More, King of Desmond, Lord of Muskerry; officially suppressed 1542, friars remaining in occupancy under the protection of…