List of monastic houses in Ireland

Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Use dmy dates This is a list of the abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in Ireland.

This article provides a gazetteer for the whole of Ireland. Template:TOC right

Links to individual county lists

To navigate the listings on this page, use the map or the table of contents. Alternatively, for listings which include the geographical coordinates and online references specific to the listed establishments, or if the entire listing is difficult to navigate, follow the links here (these links are also provided in the headings to each county in the main listing on this page): Template:Monastic houses of Ireland

Overview

Article layout

The list is presented alphabetically by County. Foundations are listed alphabetically within each county.

Communities/provenance: shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as have been established as well as the fate of the establishment after dissolution, and the current status of the site.

Formal Name or Dedication: shows the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated, where known.

Alternative Names: some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time. In order to assist in text-searching such alternatives in name or spelling have been provided.

In this article smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks) and camerae of the military orders of monks (Templars and Hospitallers) are included. The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had, or was purported to have, the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptory/commandery.

Abbreviations and key

The sites listed are ruins or fragmentary
remains unless indicated thus:

*	current monastic function
+	current non-monastic ecclesiastic function
^	current non-ecclesiastic function
=	remains incorporated into later structure
#	no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~	exact site of monastic foundation unknown
ø	possibly no such monastic foundation at location
¤	no such monastic foundation
≈	identification ambiguous or confused

Locations with names in italics indicate probable duplication (misidentification with another location)
or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented). Template:Col-break

Trusteeship denoted as follows:

NIEA	Scheduled Monument (NI)
NM	National Monument (ROI)
C.I.	Church of Ireland
R.C.	Roman Catholic Church

List of Houses by County

Northern Ireland

County Antrim

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County Armagh

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County Down

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County Fermanagh

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County Londonderry

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County Tyrone

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Republic of Ireland

County Carlow

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County Cavan

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County Clare

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County Cork

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County Donegal

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County Dublin

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County Galway

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County Kerry

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County Kildare

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County Kilkenny

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County Laois

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County Leitrim

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County Limerick

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County Longford

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County Louth

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County Mayo

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County Meath

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County Monaghan

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County Offaly

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County Roscommon

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County Sligo

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County Tipperary

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County Waterford

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County Westmeath

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County Wexford

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County Wicklow

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Locations to be established

Foundation	Image	Communities & Provenance	Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names	OnLine References
Acrimensis Friary ~		Augustinian Friars	possibly Aughrim, County Galway
Airdne Dairinnse Monastery ~		early monastic site, founded by 6th century	Ardnense
Ballineval Abbey (?) ~		Premonstratensian Canons daughter of Prémonetré; founded before c.1290; dissolution unknown	Balinvalensis; Ballalan? also suggested to be Lough Oughter or Ballymore
Ballistellensis Friary ~		Augustinian Friars<ref group="notes" name="Ballistellensis">Louis Augustin Alemand, Monasticum Hibernicum, translated and edited by John Stevens, 1722, pp.301,312,331</ref>	Ballistellensis in Connacht
Belluir Friary ~≈?		Carmelite Friars<ref group="notes" name="Belluir">Fonds Grand Carmes</ref>	possibly Ballinahinch
Bellufamensis Friary ~≈?		Augustinian Friars	Bellufamensis in Connacht; possibly Ballyhaunis
Cluaine-tochne Monastery ~≈?		early monastic site, founded before 765
Deroten Friary ~		Franciscan Friars<ref group="notes" name="DerotenFriary">Louis Augustin Alemand, Monasticon Hibernicum, translated and edited by John Stevens, 1722, p.235, gives a friary in the custody of Drogheda</ref>
Dissert-Chendubhain Monastery ~		early monastic site, cell founded 6th century by St Abban
Dissert-ternog Monastery ~		early monastic site, founded before 819; situated west of River Barrow
Dominensis Friary ~≈?		Augustinian Friars; possible former house of Augustinian Canons	possibly Dunmore, County Galway or Devenish, County Fermanagh
Domnach-ceirne Monastery ~		early monastic site, nuns
Glen-fuaid Monastery ~		early monastic site, founded before 977, suggested to be located near Sliabh Fuaid, County Armagh, or Glenranny, County Waterford
Imgoe-Mar-Cerrigi Monastery ~		early monastic site, founded 5th century by St Patrick, possibly located at Emmoo, County Roscommon	Imgoe-Mar-Cerrigi in Connacht; Imgae-mair-cerrige
Inisconla Monastery ~		early monastic site, possibly Foynes Island, County Limerick, or Carrig Island, County Kerry; "Abbey"<ref group="notes" name="InisconlaMonastery">Ordnance Survey</ref>	Inis-connla; Inis-cunla
Letuba Monastery ~		early monastic site, founded before 773; possibly located near the River Liffey	Leath-abha; Leth-abha
Mag-Giallain Monastery ~		early monastic site, mentioned 1310; possibly located in County Mayo or County Roscommon
Molingar Friary ~		Carmelite Friars, possible post-Reformation foundation at Mullingar, County Westmeath if not Milltown	Milltown?
Mont Savachu Friary ~≈?		Carmelite Friars; possibly located in Ulster (if Savacense)	Savacensis / Savacense?;
Savacense Friary ~≈?		Carmelite Friars, probable post-Reormation foundation	Savacense in Ulster; Mont Savachu?;

See also

• List of abbeys and priories
• List of monastic houses in Scotland
• List of monastic houses in Wales
• List of monastic houses in England
• List of monastic houses on the Isle of Man
• Dominicans in Ireland
• List of Catholic churches in Ireland
• List of cathedrals in Ireland
• List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom
• List of castles in the Republic of Ireland
• List of castles in Northern Ireland

Sources

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• Kathleen Hughes & Ann Hamlin The Modern Traveller to the Early Irish Church, Four Courts Press (1997). Template:ISBN
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