| width=15% | Foundation | width=5% | Image | width=30% | Communities & Provenance | width=20% | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
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| Ard Mhuire Friary * | Capuchin Franciscan Friars | [1] 55.1227°N -7.9102°W | ||||||
| Assaroe Abbey | Cistercian monks — from Boyle daughter house of Boyle founded 1178 by Roderick O'Cananan, Prince of Tyrconnell or Flaharty; colonized 1179 or 1184; dedicated 1184 by Flaharty O'Muldorry; burnt 1377; plundered by Niall Óg O'Neill, King of Tyrone 1398; dissolved after 1597; granted to Anthony Fyrres 1586 | God and St Bernard ____________________ Astrath; Ashroe; Ashrath; Eas-Roe; Es-aeda-ruaid; Inis-Samer; Samaria; Esarua | 54.509°N -8.2009°W | |||||
| Aughnish Monastery | early monastic site, probably not continuing into 11th century; erenaghs until 16th century | Each-inis; Tullyaughnish | ||||||
| Balleeghan Friary | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded c.1471; dissolved 1603; granted to James Fullerton 1603 | Baile-Aighedh-Chaoin; Baile-Fhindhetain; Ballagha | 54.9812°N -7.6061°W | |||||
| Ballymacswiney Friary | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded 1646 or 1469 by MacSwiney; dissolved before 1607; sold to Sir Ralph Bingley by Henry Perse,1612 | Baile-mic-suibhne; Bailli-macquinadoe; Mukish, nr. Castle Doe | 55.1385°N -7.9139°W | |||||
| Ballymagrorty Monastery (Drumhome parish) | early monastic site, founded 6th century by St Colmcille | Ballymagroarty | 54.5502°N -8.1353°W (approx) | |||||
| Ballysaggart Friary | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regularfounded c.1500(?) by the Mac-Ruini-Faigs (Mac Swiney Banagh?); dissolved c.1602 | Baile-na-sagart; Fan-an-chartha; Fanegarah; Fanogher; Fanegarah | 54.5943°N -8.3928°W | |||||
| Bochiminon Friary ~≈? | Carmelite Friars, possibly located in County Donegal, possibly Rathmullen | possibly Rathmullan | ||||||
| Bothchonais Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks, purportedly founded by Chonas, second husband of Darerca, sister of St Patrick; continuing 11th century | Boithe-conais | 55.2905°N -7.2094°W (approx) | |||||
| Carrickmore Monastery | early monastic site coarbs until 16th century | Carraic; Cairrge | 54.9243°N -7.4668°W (approx) | |||||
| Carrowmore Monastery | early monastic site | [2] 55.2559°N -7.189°W | ||||||
| Clonca Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks erenaghs until early 17th century | [3] 55.2678°N -7.1735°W (given as 55.3705°N -7.3299°W on Ordnance Survey map, 1965 - not on 1960 map) | ||||||
| Clondahorkey Monastery | early monastic site; erenagh land 16th-17th century | |||||||
| Clonenagh Monastery | early monastic site, founded 6th century by St Colmcille | Cluain-enach in Inishowen | ||||||
| Clonfert-mulloe Monastery | early monastic site, founded before 605; dissolved after 925 | Cluain-ferta-molua; Kyle | ||||||
| Cluain-imurchir | early monastic site, in existence in the time of St Abban | Cluain-nimurchir; Cluain-immorchair | ||||||
| Clonleigh Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded c.530 by St Colmcille; erenaghs until 16th-17th century | Cluain-laegh; Cluain-laig;Cluain-laodb; Croaghan-laodb; Cruachan-ligean; Druim-lighean; Drumleene | 54.8514°N -7.4823°W | |||||
| Clonmany Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 6th century by St Colmcille; probably continuing after 1111 | Culmaine; Cluain-maine | 55.2614°N -7.4109°W (approx) | |||||
| Conwal Monastery | Gaelic monks founded in early 7th century; erenaghs until early 17th century | Conwall Monastery | 54.942°N -7.7828°W | |||||
| Cnodain Monastery | early monastic site[4] | |||||||
| Culdaff Monastery | early monastic site; erenaghs to 16th-17th century | Culdabhach; Coldoch; Cooledagh | ||||||
| Desertegny Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 6th century by St Colmcille; erenaghs until after 1397 | Disert-eignigh | 55.1867°N -7.5151°W (approx) | |||||
| Domnach-mor-magene Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 5th century by St Patrick | Domnachmormagene; Domnach-mor-Mag-ene | 54.4813°N -8.273°W (approx) | |||||
| Donagh Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 5th century by St Patrick | Carndonagh; Domnach-mor-maig-tochair; Domnach-mor-maig-glinne; Domnach-morglinnetochair; Domnachglinne Tochair; Domnachglinne Tochuir | 55.2499°N -7.2721°W | |||||
| Donaghmore Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 5th century by St Patrick for Dubudae; possibly continuing after 1111; desolated by 1179; erenagh lands until 1609 | Domnach-mor-maige-itha; Donagmore | 54.7913°N -7.5526°W | |||||
| Donegal Friary | Observant Franciscan Friars founded 1474 (or 1473) by Aodh Rua (Hugh Rufus) O'Donnell, chief of Tirconnell, and his mother, Nuala O'Connor; plundered and garrisoned by the English 1588; English driven away by Red Hugh 1592; repaired and re-occupied by 1600; abandoned 1601; dissolved 1601; 17th century place of refuge at Lough Eske; removed to Rossnowlagh (extant); (NM) | 'Donegal Abbey' ; Donegall; Duin-na-gall; Dunangall; Dungallen | [5] 54.6505°N -8.1154°W | |||||
| Drumhome Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks possibly continuing after 1111; erenaghs at least until c.1609 | Druim-thuoma; Druim-tuama; Drimholm; Mullanacross | 54.5997°N -8.1426°W | |||||
| Eskaheen Monastery | early monastic site | Iskaheen; Uisce-chaoin; Uskechaoin | 55.0895°N -7.2809°W (approx) | |||||
| Fahan Monastery | Gaelic monks founded 6th century by St Colmcille; possibly continuing after 10th century; C.I. parochial church built on site 17th century, now ruined | Fathen-mura; Athan-mura; Fothenmor;Othain-mor; Faynwor; Upper Fahan | 55.0832°N -7.4608°W | |||||
| Gartan-Rath Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 521 by St Colmcille | Garton; Gartan; Gortan | 55.0156°N -7.9087°W | |||||
| Glencolumbkille Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 6th century by St Colmcille; church on site demolished 1828; C.I. parochial church built on site | Glenn-choluim-chille; Seinglean; Senglend | 54.7101°N -8.7252°W | |||||
| Grellagh Monastery | early monastic site | Greallach; Templemoyle | ||||||
| Inishkeel Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded before c.580 | Inis Keel; Inis-caoil; Inis-coel | 54.8476°N -8.4548°W | |||||
| Inis Saimer Monastery ~ | purported monastic site, location given as island off St John's Point[6] — island does not exist; identified as Assaroe[7] q.v. | Ines Samer; cf Assaroe | 54.5009°N -8.2003°W | |||||
| Inver Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 6th century by St Náile of Kinawley; in parochial use until 1807 | Inber-naile | 54.6468°N -8.2805°W | |||||
| Inver Friary ø | purported Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular[8] | |||||||
| Kilbarron Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 6th century by St Colmcille; erenaghs until early 17th century | Cell-barrainne; Kilvanny | 54.5347°N -8.2162°W (approx) | |||||
| Kilcar Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 6th century by St. Carthach | Kilcartaich; Cell-charthaigh; Killen | 54.6335°N -8.5919°W (approx) | |||||
| Killaghtee Monastery | early monastic site, ruins of three churches; erenagh land until 1609 | Cell-aedh-leacht | ||||||
| Killybegs Friary | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded c.1535–1540 by MacSwiny Bannagh; dissolved c.1600; Observant Franciscan Friars place of refuge c.1641; church in C.I. parochial use until 1829 | St. Catherine ____________________ Cell-beaga;Calebeg; Colebeg; Callobegg-Boylaugh; Kilbeg | 54.6353°N -8.4499°W | |||||
| Killybegs Monastery | early monastic site; erenaghs until 1609 | |||||||
| Killydonnell Friary | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded 1471 by Calvagh O'Donnell, on grant of petition to the Pope by Franciscan brothers Dermit Idurnyn and Dermit Magillacsbuig; dissolved c.1603; granted to Captain Basil Brooke | Cell Ua dTomhrair; Cell-ua-dtomhrair; Kill-odtonaire; Kill-O-Donel | [9] 55.0232°N -7.6168°W | |||||
| Kilmacrenan Friary | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded c.1537 by Manus O'Donnell on an early monastic site (see immediately below); dissolved 1603 | Doire Eithne; Cell-mic-Nenain; Cell-mac-n-enain; Cell-mic-creunain; Kilmictrenain | 55.0305°N -7.7778°W | |||||
| Kilmacrenan Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks possibly continuing after 1111; site of Franciscan friary (see immediately above) | |||||||
| Kilmonaster Monastery | Cistercian monks founded c.1194 by E. O'Dogharty of Tirconnel; dissolved before 1228: united to Assaroe presumably before 1228; grange | Kilfothuir; Hilfothuir; Kill-Fothuir; Cillifori; Kyfeire | 54.8264°N -7.5773°W | |||||
| Leck Monastery | early monastic site; erenaghs until 1609[10] | Lackovenan; Leac; Liacc | ||||||
| Lough Derg Friary — Saints Island | Augustinian Canons Regular founded on Station Island (see immediately below) c.1130; Franciscan Friars founded before 1631 | 54.6156°N -7.8852°W | ||||||
| Lough Derg Priory — Station Island | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 5th century by St Patrick or St Dabeoc in the time of St Patrick; Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on Armagh, probably by St Malachy; founded c.1130 (after 1134); Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian; adopted after 1140; plundered 1196 by an O'Cairin; destroyed 1207 by Bratachas O'Boyle and M'Mahon; transferred to Saints Island; dissolved after 1600? | St Debeog; St Patrick ____________________ Finnloch; Termon Dabeoc | 54.6159°N -7.882°W | |||||
| Lough Derg Monastery — Station Island | Franciscan Friars founded 1763; dissolved 1781, passed to the clergy of the Diocese of Clogher | [11] | ||||||
| Lough Eske | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual, place of refuge 17th century from Donegal | |||||||
| Magherabeg Friary | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular founded after/c.1430 by Niall Garbh[12] O'Donnell;[13] dissolved 1601 | An-macaire-beg; Macairebeg; Magherybeg | 54.6413°N -8.1174°W | |||||
| Malin Monastery ø | ancient church, purportedly monastic[14] | Mala | ||||||
| Mevagh Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks; erenaghs to 1609; remains of church and cross | Midhbheach; Midbech | 55.1769°N -7.7935°W | |||||
| Moville Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks | Domnachbile; Magbile; Norborgh | 55.1881°N -7.0404°W (approx) | |||||
| Moyra Monastery, | site occupied by remains of a 16th-century church | |||||||
| Mukish Monastery ø | purported monastic site - probably Ballymacswiney, q.v. | Muckish | ||||||
| Racoon Monastery, | early monastic site, Patrician monks founded c.440 | Raithcungi; Raghcunga | 54.5759°N -8.1269°W (approx) | |||||
| Raphoe Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 6th century by St Colmcille; possibly continuing after 1111; episcopal diocesan cathedral built on site | Raith-both | [15] 54.8705°N -7.6039°W | |||||
| Rashenny Monastery, in Inishowen | purported early monastic site — confusion with Rath-eanich (Raymoghy, q.v.) | |||||||
| Rashenny Monastery, nr Killybegs Harbour | purported early monastic site — confusion with Rathen, County Mayo[16] | |||||||
| Rathmullan Priory | Carmelite Friars possibly founded 1403 and subsequently failed, or (refounded?) 1516 by Owen Roe MacSweeney (Mac Suine Fanagh); plundered by Bingham 1595; dissolved; granted to Sir James Fullerton; assigned to Sir Ralph Bingley; rebuilt as a fortified house by Andrew Knox, Bishop of Raphoe, who had obtained the manor from Turlogh Oge Mac Sweeney; convent in existence c.1737 | St Mary ____________________ Rath-maonlain; Rath-mullin; Bath-Mullian; Bochminon? | 55.0943°N -7.5365°W | |||||
| Raymoghy Monastery | Gaelic monks possibly not continuing after 10th century | 54.9429°N -7.6315°W | ||||||
| Rossnowlagh Friary * | Franciscan friars founded 1946; church and friary opened 1952; extant | [17] 54.5469°N -8.2063°W | ||||||
| Slieve League Monastery | early monastic site, hermitage associated with St Aedh mac Bricc and St Assicus; erenagh until at least 1609 | Sliab-liac | ||||||
| Taughboyne Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded before 635/6 by St Fintan Munna | Tech-baithin | 54.9402°N -7.5263°W | |||||
| Temple Douglas | 54.9681°N -7.87°W | |||||||
| Templecrone Monastery | early monastic site; erenaghs until at least 1609 | Tempall-croine | ||||||
| Temple Douglas Monastery | early monastic site, purportedly founded 6th century by St Colmcille at church of St Cruithnechan, where he was baptised | Tempall-dubglaise | ||||||
| Toghernegomarkie Monastery | early monastic site; erenagh lands until at least 1609 | Tochar-negomarkie; Ballybogan | ||||||
| Tory Island Abbey #? | early monastic site, Columban monks traditionally founded 6th century by St Colmcille; probably used as a refuge by religious orders during the reign of Elizabeth I; ruined and plundered by George Bingham 1595 (NM) | Torach; Toraidhe; Torre | 55.2643°N -8.2293°W (approx) | |||||
| Tullaghobegley Monastery | early monastic site, founded by an O'Begley; erenaghs until 1609 | Tulach-an-bigli | 55.1051°N -8.0907°W (approx) | |||||
| Tullyfern Monastery | early monastic site; erenaghs until 1609 | Tulach-fionn | ||||||