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village 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 [16: Hospital Preceptory
The monastery is mentioned in the annals for 1033. [6] Some early ruins on the site have been dated to the early 11th century. [7] The round tower was built in the 12th century. The present church, with antae, dates back to the 15th or 16th century. [8] The church was abandoned in later centuries and fell into ruin. [9]
This monastery was founded in 1148 by Toirdelbhach mac Diarmaida Ua Briain for Cistercians from Mellifont. The name means "Monastery of the Fair." [4] [5] The buildings were possibly completed by Domnall Mór Ua Briain in the late 12th century. The monastery was made subject to Margam Abbey after the conspiracy of
Mungret claimed episcopal status 1152, but was deemed to be too close to Limerick. 1179 the then king of Munster, Domnall Mór Ua Briain, granted the monastery to Brictius, Bishop of Limerick. [7] Mungret then became a parish church (built 1251−72), operated by the Augustinian Canons Regular .
3.2.13 County Limerick. ... Locations of monastic houses in County Londonderry. ... This is a list of the monastic houses in County Carlow, Ireland.
One of the earliest recorded nunneries in Ireland, [5] it is first mentioned in 1298, and was founded on land donated by John FitzThomas of Connello (who died in 1261). [4]: 43 fn.3 While there are few details, it appears in court and land records over the succeeding centuries, and at Dissolution of the Monasteries during the Reformation in Ireland, in 1541, a valuation is given.
Location: Glin, County Limerick, ... Glin Castle is a Georgian country house and national heritage site located along the River Shannon in Glin, County Limerick, Ireland.
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