FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & location Achad-crimthain Monastery ~early monastic site, founded before 829;possibly located in County Waterford| Achad-dagain Monastery ~early monastic site, founded before 639| Ardmore Cathedralearly monastic site, Gaelic monks, founded in the 5th century by St Declan;diocesan cathedral 1152;see united with Lismore after 1210?St Declan's Church | Ardmore Friary ~?Augustinian Friars| Ballyvoony Preceptorypurported Knights Templar"Monastery (in ruins)"Ordnance Survey| Bewley Camera purported Knights Templarfoundation unknown;dissolution unknown;remains of monastic building 1774;"Abbey"Beaulieu;Beal | Cappagh Preceptory øpurported Knights Hospitallerremains probably not ecclesiasticalCeapach | Carrickbeg FriaryFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventualfounded 1336 by James Butler, Earl of Desmond;dissolved 1540, surrendered by 'Prior' William Cormoke 7 April 1540;granted to Thomas, Earl of Ormond; the friars returned in 1669, a new church was built in 1822 which remained in use until 2006 when the friary was closed.| Cathair-mac-conchaid Monastery ~early monastic site, founded by the 7th centuryCathair-mic-conaich | Clashmore Monasteryearly monastic site, founded before 646-56 by Cuancheir, a monk, on the instruction of St Mochoemoc of LeamakevogeGlaismor | Crooke PreceptoryKnights Templarfounded before 1180, by the Barons of Curroghmore?;manor granted by Henry II;dissolved 1308-11;Knights Hospitallerfounded after 1314;dissolved after 1348;later farmed out;held by William Wyse by 1541An Crusc;Cruadach;Cork;Croc | Curraheen FriaryFranciscan Friars — from Youghalplaced of settlement after the suppression;in vicinity 1731 Keeran | Disert-nairbre Monasteryearly monastic site, cell founded by St Medoc of FernsBolhendesert;Dysert?;Ballindysart? | Dungarvan Monastery early monastic site, founded in the 7th century by St Garvan Dun Garbhan | Dungarvan PrioryAugustinian Friarsfounded c.1290 by Thomas, Lord Offaly;dissolved 1541; church found to be parochial by 19 January 1541; leased to Roger Dalton 1595 | Dungarvan, St Augustine's Priory *Augustinian Friarsextant| Kilbarry PreceptoryKnights Templarfounded before 1180, church granted by deed of Henry II;dissolved 1308-11;Knights Hospitallerfounded after 1514;dissolved before 1527, farmed outCell-barra | Killbunny Monasteryearly monastic siteCell-bhunna | Kilculliheen AbbeyAugustinian nuns — Arroasiandependent on St Mary de Hogges, Dublin;priory founded 1151 by Dermot Mac Murrough, King of Leinster;independent, raised to abbey status before 1257;dissolved 1540, surrendered by Abbess Isabella Mothinggranted to Sir Edmund Butler 1566;granted to the town of Waterford 1582-3Cell-cleeheen;Kellinge;Killaylyhin;Kylkyllin;de Bello Portu | Killongford Preceptory?by tradition Knights Templaralso erroneously given as Knights of St John of JerusalemMervyn Archdall, Monasticon Hibernicum, 1786Killunkert | Kilmacleague Monasteryearly monastic site, founded in the 5th century by St Mac Liag, disciple of St Declan of ArdmoreCell-mic-liag | Kilmolash Monasteryearly monastic site, founded by St Molaise (of Leighlin?);plundered by the Norsemen 833Cell-o-laise | Lismore Cathedral =+early monastic site, founded 636 by St Carthach (Mo-chuda);diocesan cathedral 1111;see united to Waterford 1362;early monastic site, nuns;Augustinian FriarsSt Carthagh;____________________Leasa-moir;Liss-mor;Les-mor | Lismore Monasteryearly monastic site, nuns, founded in the 7th century, strictly separate from the monks' monastery (see immediately above)| Lismore — St Brigid's Hospital early leper hospital under a prior, with possible Culdee connections until the 12th century;St Brigid | (?) Little Island Monastery ~early monastic site, possibly located in County WexfordInisdoimle, County Wexford? | Molana Abbeyearly monastic site, founded in the 6th century by St Molanfide (Maelanfaid);Augustinian Canons Regularfounded after 1140?;dissolved 1541; granted to Sir Walter Raleigh 1587?;passed to others 1588Ailen-mail-anfaid;Dairinis Mael-anfaid;Insula St Molanfiede;Moel-anfaidh;Maylanfay;Melahanahyd;Muyllhanuha | Mothel Abbeyearly monastic site, founded in the 6th century by St Brogan;early monastery asserted by some to have become CistercianJames Ware, De Hibernia, et Antiquitatibus ejus, edition of 1654, p.196Augustinian Canons Regularfounded after 1140?dissolved 1540, surrendered by Abbot Edmund Power 7 April 1540; church found to be parochial by 19 January 1541;occupied by Lary Katherine Butler 1548; (NM)Maothail;Motalia;Mothil;SS Brogan and Cronan;at Ballynevin | Mount Melleray Abbey Cistercian monksfounded 1833| Rincrew Abbey, Knights Templarfounded c.1180?, purportedly by Raymond Le Gros;dissolved 1308? 330;traditionally/erroneously Knights HospitallerAugustinian Canons Regularpassed to Molana;dissolved with Molana 1541; granted to Sir Walter Raleigh 1587; assigned to the Earl of CorkTemple Michael;Rhincrew;Rin-Crioch;Rinncru;Ryncrowe | Stradbally Abbey ø erroneously asserted Augustinian Friars;"Abbey" ruinsRichard Hopkins Ryland, The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford ..., p.301 non-monastic| Tallow Carmelite MonasteryCarmelite nunsSt Joseph | Waterford Cathedralmonastic episcopal cathedral founded 1096;diocesan cathedral 1111;see united to Lismore 1363Cell-mic-liag;Port Lairge | Waterford — St Catherine's PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Victorinefounded before 1207 by Elias Fitz Norman;dissolved 1539, surrendered by Prior Edmund Power;occupied by James Shurloke, per James White;granted to Lady Elizabeth Butler, alias Sherlock, 1588-9;Augustinian Friarsapparently refounded 1629St Catherine____________________St Catherine's Abbey | Waterford — St John's Priory HospitalBenedictine monksfounded c.1190Benedictine monks and nunsfrom 1202;cell dependent on Bath from 1204;dissolved 1536; granted to William Wise November 1536St John the Evangelist | Waterford — St Saviour's PrioryDominican Friarscommunity founded 1226;approval for priory granted by Henry III 1235dissolved 1540; church sold to James White, occupier, by 18 January 1541;surrendered by Prior William Marten 2 April 1541;granted to Sir Anthony St Leger;Waterford Dominican community died out 1865;restored 1867St Saviour | Waterford GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventualfounded 1240-5 by Sir Hugh Purcell, buried here;Observant Franciscan Friarsreformed 1521;dissolved 1540, surrendered by 'Prior' John Linche 2 April 1540; granted to Patrick Walshe and to the brethren and poor of the Hospital of the Holy Spirit 1 September 1541;hospital established in the church — continuing into the 19th century| Waterford Greyfriars, later siteFranciscan Friarsfounded 1612| Waterford Franciscan Friary *Franciscan Friarsfounded 1830; church completed 1834;extant|
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See also List of monastic houses in Ireland