FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width=10%|References & location Athy Priory * Dominican Friarsfounded 1253-7;dissolved 30 April 1539; rented to Martin Pelles 26 April 1540;refounded c.1622 by Fr Ross Mageoghegan;chapel enlarged 1864-7;dissolved mid-19th century;new church built and opened 17 March 1965; extant;old church demolished 1973St Peter, MartyrSt Dominic____________________Bailr-atha-ai;Athai;Athies |Dominicans Ireland - Athy Athy Priory Hospital Fratres Cruciferifounded after 1199 (1253?) by Richard de St Michael, Lord of Rhebane (during the reign of King John);dissolved 1540The Priory of Saint John;The Priory of Saint John and Saint Thomas of CruciferiSt Thomas the Martyr (from 13th century) |Site details: Athy Priory/Hospital - Monastic Ireland - A Comprehensive Database of Sites and Sources Castledermot Friary Franciscan Friarsfounded before 1247;dissolved 1540Disert-diarmuta;Tristle-dermot;Desert | Castledermot Monastery early monastic site, Gaelic monksfounded 842 by the son of Aed Roin, King of Corcu Bascind;plundered by the Danes 842;burned 1106;probably continuing after 1111 | Castledermot Priory Knights Templar? (according to tradition)Fratres Cruciferi(re)founded before 1216 by Lord Walter de Ridlesford (during the reign of King John);dissolved 1540St John's Tower is the only surviving remnantPriory and Hospital of Saint John the Baptist | Celbridge Abbey *built 1697 by Bartholomew Van Homrigh, Lord Mayor of Dublin;St John of God Hospitallersoperated as a care home|County Kildare - Celbridge Abbey Clane Friary Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventualfounded 1258 by Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, Lord of Offaly, purportedly buried here 1287;dissolved 1540; granted to a number of people 1541-2 for the use of Sir Thomas Luttrell;friars remained until monastery destroyed c.1606;restored 1647;dissolved c.1650Cloenath;Claenath;Claenad;Claona;Cleonad;Cloney;Cluain |Clane Friary, Clane, Co. Kildare, Ireland Clane Monastery early monastic site, Gaelic monksfounded c.800 by St Ailbe;probably continuing after 1111| Clonagh Monastery ø possible monastic site — order and period unknownland obtained by priests 1396 without the King's consent, and concealed from the King| (approx) Cloncurry Friary Carmelite Friarsfounded 1347 by John Roch (Roche), license granted by Edward III;dissolved 1539, church seized 30 April 1539; granted to William Dickson 1543; passed to Richard Slayne;passed to the Foster family;William Foster had purportedly been seized of the monastery by the time of his death 1602;convent restored by c.1737Cluain-conaire;Concurry | (possible) Cloncurry Monasteryearly monastic site, reputedly founded by St Ninian (Mo-nenn)| Donaghmore Monastery Patrician monks/Columban monksfounded 6th centuryDomnach-mor-maige-laudat | Dunmanoge Monastery early monastic site, Gaelic monkschurch founded by Finnian of Clonard, land granted by Carbreus, King of Leinster;probably not continuing after 10th centuryMugna-moschenog;Mugna-helchan;Mugna-selchain? | Dunmurraghill Monastery early monastic site, Gaelic monkschurch founded by St Patrick;probably not continuing after 10th centuryDruim-urchaille;Droma-urchaille | (?) Graney Abbey Augustinian nuns — Arroasianpriory founded c.1200 by Walter de Riddlesford;raised to abbey status before 1276;dissolved 7 February 1539; granted to Leonard, Lord Grey;granted to Anthony St Leger 1542St Mary____________________Graine;Grane;Greyn | Grangerosnolvan Monastery nuns according to tradition;Cistercian monksgrange of BaltinglassGrange Nolven | Great Connell Priory Augustinian Canons Regulardependent on Llanthony;founded 1202 by Meyler fitz Henry, Justiciar, buried here;dissolved 1540, before 24 November; granted to Edward Randolfe;granted to Sir Edward Butler;granted to Sir Nicholas White 1560;granted to Edmond Butler 1566St Mary and St David____________________Greatconnell;Monaster-Conghbala;Conal;Connayl | Inchaquire ?Friary Dominican Friarslicense granted 1488;possibly a vicarage of Athy between 1488 and 1627Intyma Kudir;Inseueyr | (approx) Kilberry 'Abbey' ø supposed monastic site - order and period unknown; "abbey",Ordnance Survey traditionally a nunnery;possible Knights Hospitaller with sisters attachedCel-berra | Kilcock Monastery ø supposed nuns — order and period unknownCell-cocha;Cell-coice;Cell-cork |? Kilcork Camera Knights Templarfounded 13th century;dissolved 1308;manor exchanged with Thomas Fitz John, Earl of Kildare 1318, rectory retained for the Knights Hospitaller|(?) Kilcullen Abbey Observant Franciscan Friarsfounded 1486 (1470Analecta Hibernica (Irish Manuscript Collection) No.6, November 1934, iii, p.197 — but 1486 on p.200) by Roland FitzEustace, Baron of Portlester, buried here;dissolved before 30 April 1539, appurtenances seized, occupied by Thomas (Eustace), Lord of Kilcullen;expelled 1547; granted to Edmund Spenser 1582; 1640s New Abbey;Cell-ciluinn;Ouen | Kildare Abbeyearly monastic site, nuns;founded 5th century (c.430) by St Brigid;monks and nunsdouble monastery before 528;plundered a number of times;Augustinian nuns — Arroasian?founded after 1171?;episcopal diocesan cathedral built in the abbey grounds between 1223 and 1230, extant;dissolved 1540-1; farmed by Francis Cosby and Raymond Oge (FizGerald) 1448;granted to Anthony Deering 1585St Brigid |St. Brigid’s Cathedral « Kildare Town Heritage Centre Kildare — Grey Abbey Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventualfounded c.1254 by the ancestors of the Earls of Kildare or 1260 by Gerald Fitz Maurice, Lord Offaly or William de Vescy;Observant Franciscan Friarsrefounded 1520;surrendered 30 April 1539; occupied by Philip FytzMores (Fitzmaurice);granted to Daniel Sutton 1543;destroyed 1547 and abandoned;reestablished 1621dissolved c.1770| Kildare — White Abbey Carmelite Friarsfounded 1290 by William de Vescy;dissolved April 1539, surrendered by the prior;granted to William Dickson;new church built 1884St Mary |Carmelite Friary, White Abbey, Kildare Town Killashee Monastery #early monastic site, founded 5th century by St Patrick;plundered in raids by the Danes 1035;remains of non-monastic 15th-century round tower on siteCell-ausaille;Cell-usaille;Kill-auxille;Kill-Osey;Kill-usaille |Killashee Killelan 'Abbey' Knights Hospitallerhospital confirmed by Innocent III 1212| Killybegs PreceptoryKnights Hospitallerfounded before 1212, confirmed by Innocent IIIdissolved before 1400Kilbegge;Kilbegs | Kilrush CellAugustinian Canons Regularcell dependent on Cartmel;founded c.1201;leased by Prior Rawson to Thomas Alen and Mary his wife 1527;dissolved before 1540; granted to Thomas, Earl of Ormond 1558Cell-rois;Kylros |(?) Kilteel Preceptory supposed early monastic siteKnights Hospitallerfounded before 1212 by Maurice FitzGerald, confirmed by Innocent III;dissolved before 1527Cell-cele-Croist;Kil-heel;Kil-hele;Kil-hill;Kylehale | (approx) Knocknacree Monasteryorder, period and foundation unknown; formerly traces of a religious foundationMervyn Archdall, Monasticon Hibernicum, 1786, p.332Knocknacroith | (approx) Leixlip Abbey ø≈land granted to St Catherine's, Dublin before 1224; reference to 'monastery' probably error for a chantry;rectory held by St Thomas's Abbey 1540 The Blessed Virgin Mary;The Abbey Church of Saint Wolstan, Leixlip | Lully Monasteryearly monastic site, founded before 584;Anchorites before 784Lilcach;Liolcaig;Lullymore | Maganey Monastery øpurported early monastic site, founded 6th century? by St Abban, son of Cormac, King of LaiginMag-arnaide;Maghinemna;Moyarney | (approx) Monasterevin Monastery # early monastic site, founded by St Emin, buried here;Cistercian monks Consecrated 27 October 1189 (1178?) dedicated to St Mary and St Benedict, site granted and confirmed by Dermot O'Dempsey, King of Offaly;dissolved 1540?; granted to George, Lordd Audley; assigned to Adam Loftus;later to the family of the Earl of Drogheda;site now (thought to be) occupied by a stately home named 'Moore Abbey', in use as a hospice 1945–present (below)Monaster-evan;Ros-glaisi;Ross-glass-na-muimnech;Rosglas;Rosea Vallis | Moone Abbey early monastic site, founded 6th century, probably by St Colmcille, patron;purported medieval religious house — order unknownMaein-Choluim-Chille;Maon-Choluim-Chille;Monmohenock;Mooney | Moone Friary øsuggested Franciscan Friarsfounded 1258 by Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice — contemporary evidence lacking — possible confusion with Clane| Moore Abbey *, Monasterevin Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Maryfounded 1945; extant;stately home (thought to be) built on the site of Monasterevin Monastery (above), in use as a hospice| Naas PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded before 1200? by a baron of Naas;hospital added;dissolved 1539, surrendered by Prior Thomas Poswyk 26 July 1539; granted to Thomas Alen of Dublin 20 April 1540;granted to Richard Mannering 1553;leased to Roger Finglas 1568St John the Baptist____________________Nas-na-rig;Nais;Nasse;Le Nas;Nasa;Nass;Asensis;Vas | Naas Austin FriaryAugustinian Friarsfounded 14th century? purportedly by a White, or a Cullen of Dublin;dissolved 1539-40; rented by John Sutton after 1540;owned by Hugh Molton 1580-1;leased to Nicholas Aylmer, for fifty years, in 1584 'The Monastery of the Moat' | Naas PrioryDominican Friarsfounded 1355-6, licensed by Edward III c.1356;dissolved 1540; granted to Robert Eustace and others 15 June 1542, for the use of Sir Thomas Luttrell;later assigned to John Travers;now at NewbridgeSt Eustace | Naas HospitallersKnights Hospitallerfrankhouse;held by James Tyrrell 1540;held by Walter Hope of Mullingar 1578, under lease granted by Prior Massingberd of Kilmainham| Old Kilcullen Friary øpurported Observant Franciscan FriarsJ. Cooke, Handbook for Travellers in Ireland, 1910 p.38 — erroneous referencecommunications of Canice Mooney, O.F.M.| Old Kilcullen Monasteryearly monastic site, chapel and cloister founded 5th century by St Patrick;plundered by Amlaibh from Dublin 938, 939, 944burned 1114Cill-Cuillind |Old Kilcullen Monastic Site Naas — Millbrook Monasteryearly monastic site, founded by St Fechin of Fore, land granted by the King of LeinsterTulachfobhair | Naas Nunneryearly monastic site, nuns, founded by St Patrick| Oughterard Monastery early monastic site, nuns, founded 6th-7th century by St Brigid (not Brigid of Kildare);church and round tower largely destroyed by Vikings in 995; northwest of KillUachtar-aird |Oughterard Round Tower Rathbride CameraKnights Templarfounded 13th century;dissolved 1308;passed to Knights Hospitallers, but exchanged with Thomas Fitx John, Earl of Kildare 1318, rectory retained by HospitallersRathbrigte | St Simon's Friary near NaasCarmelite Friars — possibly Cloncurry| St Wolstan's PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Victorinefounded c.1205 by Richard, first prior, and Adam de Hereford;dissolved 1536, suppressed 15 September; granted to John Alen, Lord Chancellor, 1 December 1536, last prior allowed to remain in residence for lifeScala Caeli | Taghadoe Monasteryearly monastic site, founded by St Tua (Ulstan the Silent)Teach-tua;Teach-tua |Taghadoe Round Tower Timolin Monastery# early monastic site Tomolin;Tech-moling;Themolyngbeg;Tynolingbeg;Tomolyng | Timolin PrioryAugustinian nuns — Arroasianfounded c.1199 by Robert, son of Richard, Lord of Norrach;church and chapels granted by William de Piro, Bishop of Glendalough, confirmed by Henry, Archbishop of Dublin 1220;dissolved 1538; held by Edmund Eustas from 14 January 1538;granted to Henry Harrington 1581;part granted to Terence (Tirlaughe) O'Brien 1594St Mary | Tully Abbey Knights Hospitallerfounded before 1212, confirmed by Innocent III 1212;dissolved before 1527; granted to David Sutton 1538Black Abbey | Yeomanstown FriaryDominican Friars — from Naasfounded after 1666, transferred from Naas;transferred to Newbridge 1756|
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See also List of monastic houses in Ireland