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Portumna Friary

📍 Galway ⛪ Dominican monks 🏛️ dissolved c.1582

About This Site

Dominican monks dependent on Athenry; apparently founded after January 1427 by Chieftain O’Madden, Lord, on the site of the Cistercian monks’ priory (see immediately below); dissolved c.1582; granted to the Earls of Clanricarde…

Dominican monks dependent on Athenry; apparently founded after January 1427 by Chieftain O’Madden, Lord, on the site of the Cistercian monks’ priory (see immediately below); dissolved c.1582; granted to the Earls of Clanricarde 1582; part used as C.I. church 1631; choir became C.I. church 1762; Observant refounded before 1426

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • The Friary Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Portumna
  • Portumna Abbey
Communities & Provenance:

Dominican monks dependent on Athenry; apparently founded after January 1427 by Chieftain O'Madden, Lord, on the site of the Cistercian monks' priory (see immediately below); dissolved c.1582; granted to the Earls of Clanricarde 1582; part used as C.I. church 1631; choir became C.I. church 1762; Observant refounded before 1426