FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & location Abbeyfeale Abbey Cistercian monksfounded 1188 by Brian O'Brien;dissolved c.1209;cell dependent on Monasteranenagh c.1209;dissolved c.1350?;probably residential grange leased to laymen;possibly obtained by Carmelite Friars (v. Felense in Munster, infra)Feale;Monaster-na-Feile;Felense? |History of Abbeyfeale Abington Abbey Cistercian monks — from Arklow(community founded at Wyresdale, Lancashire c.1196 from Furness, transferred to Arklow before 1204)transferred here 1205, land granted by Theobald Walter, Butler of Ireland;dissolved 1540;secular 1540;restored — recolonized from Furness/Savigny;granted to Walter Aphoell by Edward VI, confirmed by Queen Mary 1553;dissolved after 1557;lease passed to Piers (Peter) Walshe 1562St Mary____________________Mainister-uaithne;Owney;Unquchin;Vetinex;Vogney;Woney;Wotheney;Huena |Site details: Abington - Monastic Ireland - A Comprehensive Database of Sites and Sources Adare Friary + Augustinian Friarsfounded before 1316 by John Fitz Thomas Fitzgerald;Observant Augustinian Friars 1472;dissolved 1539-40; friars probably still in occupation until 1559;dissolved c.1581?;leased to John Gold and others before 1583;granted to Sir Henry Wallop 1595;conventual church now in use as C.I. parish churchBlack Abbey |Site details: Adare - Monastic Ireland - A Comprehensive Database of Sites and Sources Adare Franciscan Friary Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventualfounded 1464 by Thomas Fitz Gerald, Earl of Kildare and his wife Johanna;Observant Franciscan Friarsreformed 1466;dissolved 1539-40;apparently unoccupied by 1559;restored by 1579; expelled c.1581 during the Desmond war;granted to Sir Henry Wallop 1595;(re-established at a new location in Adare 1633)now in the grounds of Adare Manor, within a golf course, with public access The church of Saint Michael Archangel of the Friars Minor____________________Athdara;Atdare | Adare Trinitarian Monastery Trinitarian Friarsfounded c.1230 (before 1226?);dissolved after 1539? (officially February 1539);granted to Sir Henry Wallop 1595;ruinous church repaired by the Earl of Dunraven 1811; in use as R.C. churchSt James;The Holy Trinity____________________White Abbey |Site details: Adare - Monastic Ireland - A Comprehensive Database of Sites and Sourceswww.adareparish.ie Adare Dominican Friary ≈Dominican Friars — erroneous reference to Trinitarian Friary"Adare Dominican" — The Earl and Countess of Dunraven, Memorials of Adare, 1865, pp.35-6Adare PreceptoryKnights Hospitaller (listed c.1658"Adare Hospitallers" — White's List, M. Lenihan, Limerick, its History and Antiquities, 1866, p.562; Registrum Kilmainham, edited by J. T. Gilbert (Rolls Ser.), 1889, pp.140,155)| Any Friarypurported Augustinian Friars"Any" — Ware-Harris, History of the Bishops of Ireland, 1739, p.202, probably from Pipe Roll, 17 May year 1, to 21 December year 2, Edw.IIIfounded during the reign of Edward II, by John, son of Robert and others;Knockainy;Ballynamona? | Ardaneer PrioryBenedictine monksfounded c.1202, land and church granted by William de Burgo to Richard, monk of Glastonbury;dependent on Glastonbury;dissolved 1205?St Mary____________________?Ardimur;Ardinuir;Oculnid | Ardpatrick Monasteryearly monastic site, purportedly founded 5th century by St Patrick;monastic lands recorded as late as 1597Ardpatricke;Ard-Padraig |History of Ardpatrick Askeaton Friary Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventualfounded 1389?,Askeaton, 1389 founding — Wadding, who identified Askeaton with Luasia, though Canice Mooney, OFM, communications, notes that this is Latin for Laois or before 1400Askeaton, founding before 1400 — Canice Mooney, OFM, communications, identified convent of Inysgebryny, in existence 1400, with Askeaton) by Gearóid Iarla (Gerald), 4th Earl of Desmond,Askeaton founder — cf. E. B. Fitzmaurice and A. G. Little, Materials for History of the Franciscan Province of Ireland, 1920, pp.170,180-1 or 1420 by James Fitzgerald, Earl of Desmond;Askeaton, 1420 founding — James WareObservant Franciscan Friarsreformed 1497;reformed 1513;dissolved 1575; (NM)Athskettin;Easa-geibhteine;Es-geibhteine;Inis-geibhthine;Easa-gebryny |Askeaton FriaryAskeaton Franciscan Friary Askeaton CommanderyKnights TemplarAskeaton Commandery — legendary attribution to Templars — T. J. Westropp, Journal, Royal Society of Antiquities in Ireland, xxiv, p.111founded 1298, attached to the parochial church,S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837, i, p.81 now the C.I. parish church of St Mary|Askeaton Ballysteen Parish History Ballinegaul Friaryearly monastic siteDominican Friarsfounded 1296, rebuilt by the Geraldines;dependent on Kilmallock;granted to Richard Lawless 1551-2;dissolved before 1586, ruinous by 1586;listed as Carmelite 1597 (see immediately below)Monaster-na-ngall;Burgus Anglorum;Braber duff (Black friars);Ballinegall |rowspan=2| (approx) Ballinegaul White FriaryCarmelite Friarsformer Dominican house (see immediately above) listed as White Friars 1597Monaster-na-ngall;Burgus Anglorum Ballingarry Abbey 'abbey','Ballingarry Abbey' — Memorial Atlas of Ireland, 1901, given as 'church' on 6-inch Ordnance Survey unknown order and foundationFranciscan Friars? |Church Ruins in Ballingarry-Granagh Ballingarry Nunnery ~ supposed nuns — order and foundation unknowndedication unknown | Ballintubber Monastery ≈purported Carmelite Friars or Knights Templargranted to Robert Brownepossible reference to Rochestown Dominican Friary| Ballybrood FriaryFranciscan Friars — possible refuge 17th century;purportedly all slaughtered by Oliver Cromwell| Ballycahane Preceptory?Knights Templarchurch confirmed to the Knights Hospitaller 1212 — no record of preceptoryCathan | Ballynagallagh PrioryAugustinian nunsconvent founded 1283 by a FitzGibbon;land here in possession of Llanthony Priory 1360;dissolved before 1548; granted to Edmund Sexton c.1548;some confusion with St Catherine de O'Conyl;Monaster-nagalliaghduff;Monaster-necallowduffe;Monaster-nicalliagh |Baile na Caillighe | Monastic Matrix (approx) Ballyorgan Friary ¤≈Trinitarian — erroneous reference to Ballinegaul Dominican Friary, supraBaile-aragain | Ballyorgan Friaryearly monastic site, purportedly founded 6th century by St Finnian | Bruree Preceptory?Knights Templarcastle purportedly built 12th century by the order;no record of a preceptoryBrugh-righ | Carrigogunnell Preceptory?Knights TemplarMervyn Archdall, Monasticon Hibernicum, 1786, p.419 (citing MSS Smith)Carraic-O-gCoinneal | Castleconnell Friary?unknown orderpurported Augustinian Friarsfounded c.1300;Lubin: Louis Augustin Alemand, Monasticon Hibernicum, translated and edited by John Stevens, 1722, pp.310,312"remains of a monastery"Cassells Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland, i, p.446Caislen-ui-chonaing;Castle-Connell in Munster | (approx) Castletown-mac-eneiry Monasteryremains of a purported large monastery,Mervyn Archdall, Monasticon Hibernicum, 1786, Castletown Masaniry: doubtfulRoque (Castletown, Corcomohide parish) | Clarina MonasteryAutustinian Canons Regular nunsCluain-Credhil;M. Lenihan, Limerick, its History and Antiquities, 1866, p.31Killeedy? | Cloch-na-monach AbbeyCistercian monkssupposed abbey remains;Rev. Patrick Fitzgerald and John James M'Gregor, History, Topography and Antiquities of the county and city of Limerick, 1826, Vol 1, p.299 &Mervyn Archdall, Monasticon Hibernicum, p.433grange of MonasteranenaghCloghnamanagh | Cloncagh Monasteryearly monastic site, founded before 625 by St Maedoc of Ferns|Churches of Knockaderry-Cloncagh Clonkeen Monasteryearly monastic site, founded 6th/7th century by St Mo-DiomogClonkeen — Lord Killanin & M. V. Duignan, Shell Guide to Ireland, 1962, (new edition 1967), p.352| Doon Monasteryearly monastic site, founded 6th century (in existence in the time of St Colmcille)Dunbleschiae | Dysert Monastery,early monastic site, founded by a St Oengus (purportedly the Culdee)Disert-aengusa | Felense Friary ~≈?Carmelite Friarspossibly located in County Limerick, possibly former site of Abbeyfeale Cistercians, supra, otherwise county and location unknownFelense in Munster;Abbeyfeale? | Friarstown FriaryFranciscan Friars, Third Order Regularfounded after 1450? (or 13th century by the Clan-Gibbons);dissolved 1544;possibly vacant by 1450;held in rebellion by Gerald Baluff f. Philip until after 1590?St Francis de Ballynebrahrair____________________Ballynabrahrair;Baile-ne-braher;Bally-ne-braher;Clochnamanach Abbey |Friarstown Abbey Galbally Friaryvillage location — friary located across the county border: see Moor Abbey, List of monastic houses in County Tipperary Glenstal Abbey * Benedictine monks;extant; mansion in monastic use, also serving as a school|Glenstal Abbey Hospital PreceptoryKnights Hospitallerfounded before 1215 (during the reign of King John) by Geoffrey de Mariscis, the Knights being granted royal privileges 1215;dissolved before 1540; farmed out by Pr Rawson;granted to Sir Valentine Browne by Queen Elizabeth;Kenmare Castle built on site by Browne;leased before 1603;granted to Thomas Brown (ancestor of the Earls of Kenmare) 1604The Preceptory of Saint John the Baptist, Any____________________Ane;Any;Hospital of Any;Anye |HospitalHyde Ita Nunnery?Augustinian Canons Regular nuns,given by M. Lenihan, Limerick, Its History and Antiquities, 1866, p.31 apparently Cell Ita (v. Killedy)Hydh Ita;(probably Cell Ita, properly Killeedy)? | Kellis Prioryproperly Kells, County KilkennyMervyn Archdall, Monasticon Hibernicum, 1786, p.810 Killeedy Monasteryearly monastic site, monks and nunsfounded c.546 by St Ita;possibly not continuing after the 10th centuryCell-ite;Cluain-chredail;Killita | Kilmacanearla Abbey, Ballingarry parish"Abbey (in ruins)"Ordance Survey (6in) and Memorial Atlas of Ireland, 1901| Kilmallock Abbey Dominican Friarsfounded 1291, land purchased from John Bluet, burgess, with the consent of Edward I;dissolved 1541;leased to James FitzJohn, Earl of Desmond 1548;passed to the Crown and the commonality of Kilmallock 1569-70;friars probably expelled 1571 when the town was sacked;granted to Nicholas Miagh, sovereign of Kilmallock, and to the brethren and community 1594; (NM)Flacispaghe | Kilmallock Monasteryearly monastic site, founded early half of the 7th century by St Mochelloch;plundered 1015Cell-mochelloc;Cell-dacheallog;Killochy | Kilmallock Monasterypurported Augustinian Canons RegularWhite's list c.1658| Kilmallock Monasterypurported Augustinian Friars,Augustin Lubin, Orbis Augustinianus, as given by Louis Augustin Alemand, Monasticum Hibernicum, translated and edited by J. Stevens, 1722, pp.309, 312, 324 in which case founded after 1630|Kilpeacon Monasteryearly monastic site, founded before 690 by St Becan (Mo-Becoc)Cluain-ard-Mobecoc | (approx) Kilrath Monasteryearly monastic site, County Limerick?Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, edited by W. Stokes, (Rolls Ser.), 1887, pp.200, 350Cella Rath | Kilsane Nunnery ≈¤nuns, (misreading of source)Louis Augustin Alemand, Monasticum Hibernicum, translated and edited by John Stevens, 1722, p.353, misreading of James Ware, De Hibernia et Antiquitatibus ejus, 1654 edition, p.203properly St Catherine de O'Conyl, infra | Kilshane AbbeyCistercian monks — from Corcomroe (County Clare)Rev. Patrick Fitzgerald and John James M'Gregor, The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Limerick, 1827, Vol 2, p.380daughter of Corcomroe;founded 1198 by Donnchad Cairbreach O'Brien, King of Limerick;dissolved c.1200, united to MonasteranenaghCell-scanaig;Kil-son;Kil-sonna;Ballingarry;Garra | Kilshane FriaryFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventualfounded before 1426? by Fitzgerald, Lord of ClenlisRev. Patrick Fitzgerald and John James M'Gregor, The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Limerick, 1827, Vol 2, p.380dissolved after 1584 | Kilteely Monasteryearly monastic site, founded 6th century by St PatrickCell-tidil;Kilteidhill