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Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Northern Ireland
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Abbreviations and Key
The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:-
| * indicates current monastic function | + indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function | ^ indicates current non-ecclesiastic function | # indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains | ~ indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown |
Trusteeship denoted as follows:-
| NM = National Monument |
Other abbreviations:-
| trns = transferred | rmv = removed | c = circa (about) | ante = before | post = after | C.I. = Church of Ireland |
County Antrim
| Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonamargy Friary , Ballycastle, | Franciscan c1500, burned 1584(1589), repaired & re-occupied 1626-1642, restored 1931 (NM) | ||
| Carrickfergus Abbey # | Franciscan 1248, Observant -Franciscan 1497-suppression , used as a munitions store, rebuilt as Joymont House, 1618 | ||
| Glenarm Friary | Franciscan, site now occupied by St. Patrick's C.I. church | ||
| Church Island monastery , Lough Beg | |||
| Church Island Abbey , Lough Beg | |||
| Portglenone Abbey Church * | |||
| Templepatrick preceptory # | town said to be named for a Knights Templar foundation |
County Armagh
| Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armagh Friary # | Franciscan 1263/4-1551 | ||
| Kilnasaggart monastery # | site occupied by the Kilnasaggart Stone | ||
| Tynan Abbey | originally a mansion named 'Fairview'. |
County Derry
| Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballykelly monastery ? | site now occupied by remains of a church destroyed 1641 | ||
| Derry monastery , Londonderry |
Derry: possible Franciscan Friary, traditionally in Waterside and Ardmore area
County Down
| Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ards Peninsula abbeys | |||
| Bangor Abbey | latterly Franciscan, site now incorporated into C.I. church | ||
| Comber Abbey # | Cistercian from Whitland 1200-1543, on the site of an earlier monastery founded by St Patrick, site now occupied by St Mary's C.I. church | ||
| Downpatrick monastery # | within the dun or rath on which the C.I. Cathedral now stands | ||
| Downpatrick Friary # | Franciscan 1235, burned 1316, conventual -Reformation, Observant -Franciscan 1627-1650s | ||
| Greyabbey Abbey | Cistercian, rebuilt and served for a time as a parish church | ||
| Inch Abbey | Cistercian, on the site of an earlier monastery | ||
| Magheralin monastery | site occupied by remains of 15th-C church | ||
| Movilla Abbey | site occupied by 13-15th-C church | ||
| Nendrum Abbey , Mahee Island (Strangford Lough) | |||
| Newry monastery | Patrician | ||
| Newry Abbey | Cistercian | ||
| Newtownards Friary | Dominican | ||
| Portaferry monastery # | site thought to be now occupied by two small churches |
County Fermanagh
| Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devenish Island Priory | |||
| Lisgoole Abbey # | Augustinian Canons Regular c1145-1583, Franciscan 1583-1598, 1616-ante1811, built on site of early monastery (below) | The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Mary, Lisgoole | |
| Lisgoole monastery # | site later occupied by Augustinian priory (above) | The monastery of Saint Aid , Lisgoole | |
| Devenish Island Abbey , Lough Erne | Augustinian | The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Devenish Island | |
| White Island monastery ? | attempts made to identify this location as being Eo-inis monastery |
County Tyrone
| Foundation | Communities/provenance | Alt. Name | Formal Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardboe monastery | 10thC | ||
| Clogher monastery | site now occupied by C.I. cathedral | ||
| Donaghmore monastery | ancient monastery (NM) | ||
| Dromore Abbey | Cistercian, said to be on site of ancient nunnery | ||
| Dromore Friary ~ | Franciscan 1637-c1717 | ||
| Dungannon Friary | Franciscan 1687-1817 | Donaghmore Friary | |
| Errigal Keeroge monastery | |||
| Priory of Our Lady of Benburb * | Servite, a mansion in the demesne of Benburb Castle |
Strabane: some evidence of a small Franciscan Friary east of the town 1660s-18thC
See also
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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