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early monastic site, founded before 690 by St Becan (Mo-Becoc) Cluain-ard-Mobecoc (approx) Kilrath Monastery early monastic site, County Limerick? [notes 23] Cella Rath: Kilsane Nunnery ≈¤ nuns, (misreading of source) [notes 24]
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 .
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]
List of monastic houses in County Laois; List of monastic houses in County Leitrim; List of monastic houses in County Limerick; List of monastic houses in County Longford; List of monastic houses in County Louth
3.2.13 County Limerick. 3.2.14 County Longford. 3.2.15 County Louth. ... This is a list of the monastic houses in County Carlow, Ireland. Acaun - supposed foundation ...
The Cistercian Abbey of Woney (Irish, Mainistir Uaithne), also written Wotheny or Owney, [1] [2] on the banks of the Mulkear River in Abington, County Limerick, was founded in 1205 when Theobald Walter (le Botiller), brother of Hubert Walter (Archbishop of Canterbury), [3] granted the whole "theodum" (believed to be an error, which should have ...
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.
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