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Drumcliff Monastery (Irish: Mainistir Dhroim Chliabh) was located in Cairbre Drom Cliabh, now County Sligo, five miles north of the modern town of Sligo. The site consists of the remains of a round tower and several high crosses, including one outstanding example. It is currently also the site of a Church of Ireland parish church and a graveyard.
Drumcliff [1] or Drumcliffe (Irish: Droim Chliabh, meaning 'ridge of the baskets') is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is 8 km (5 mi) north of Sligo town on the N15 road on a low gravel ridge between the mountain of Ben Bulben and Drumcliff Bay. It is on the Drumcliff River, originally called the "Codnach", which drains Glencar Lake. [2]
Drumcliff Monastery (Irish: Mainistir Dhrom Chléibh) Gaelic monks founded 6th century reputedly by St Colmcille [6] [7: Dysert O Dea Monastery (Irish: Díseart Uí Dheá) Gaelic monks founded before 735 by Tola;
Drumcliff Monastery (Irish: Mainistir Dhrom Chléibh) Gaelic monks founded 6th century reputedly by St Colmcille: Dysert O Dea Monastery (Irish: Díseart Uí Dheá) Gaelic monks founded before 735 by Tola; remains of 12th-century church on site Dissert O'Dea; Disert O'Dea; Dysart O'Dea; Disert-Tola: Ennis Friary * (Irish: Mainistir na hInse)
Druimlias Monastery ≈~ early monastic site Drumlease, County Leitrim? Druimeidirdhaloch Monastery ≈~ early monastic site, founded by St Finnian of Clonard Kildalough? Druimnea Monastery ~ early monastic site, founded 5th century by St Patrick; possibly located in County Sligo Drumcliff Monastery
Drumcliff, or Drumcliffe, Dromcliffe (Irish: Drom Cléibh [1]) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. ... Around 1240 he built a large Franciscan monastery at ...
The land was attached to Drumcliff monastery from the 6th century, and was under the Ó Beóllán erenachs of Drumcliff. With the dissolution of the monasteries act coming into force in the west of Ireland after the Nine Years War the land was granted to Sir Paul Gore, a cavalry officer in the Elizabethan army.
Cairbre Drom Cliabh (meaning "Ui Cairbre, the descendants of Cairbre of Drumcliff) was an Irish túath in the ancient confederation of Íochtar Connacht (Lower Connacht), now County Sligo in the west of Ireland. [1] It is now represented by the barony of Carbury. Also known as Cairbre na Catha (Carbury of the Battles). It existed from at least ...