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