| width=15% | Foundation | width=5% | Image | width=30% | Communities & Provenance | width=20% | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | width=10% | OnLine References & Location |
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| Balally Monastery ~ | supposed Early Christian monastic site may commemorate a Viking saint | ||||||||
| Baldongan Monastery | supposed monastic site of friary & nunnery within the walls of the 13th-century Baldongan Castle - order and period unknown; traditionally Knights Templar preceptory | Baldungan | 53.5633°N -6.1131°W (approx) | ||||||
| Ballyboghill Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks prior to the arrival of the Anglo-Normans | Ballyboughal | 53.5185°N -6.2663°W (approx) | ||||||
| Ballymadun Monastery ø | supposed monastic site — order and period doubtful; purported Augustinian Canons Regular cell | Ballymad with Balrothery | 53.5395°N -6.4037°W (approx) | ||||||
| Ballyman Monastery ø | supposed Knights Templar siteGlanmonder; Glenmunder | 53.2026°N -6.1726°W (approx) | |||||||
| Castleknock Priory | Benedictine monks dependent on Little Malvern; founded c.1185 by Hugh Tyrrell, Lord of Castleknock; erroneously also given as Augustinian[1] dissolved before 1485 | St Brigid ____________________ Caislen-cnoc; Caislen-Cnucha | 53.3721°N -6.3592°W (approx) | ||||||
| Clondalkin Abbey | early monastic site, Gaelic monks, traditionally founded by St Cronan (Mo-Chua); plundered by the Danes, 833; burned 1071; granted to the Culdees in perpetuity; possibly continuing after 1111 | Cluain-dolcain; Dun Awley | 53.3221°N -6.3954°W | ||||||
| Clontarf Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks church founded 550 by St Comgall of Bangor; site now occupied by the remains of St John the Baptist's C.I. parish church | Cluain-tarbh | 53.366°N -6.2076°W | ||||||
| Clontarf Preceptory #^ | Knights Templar founded before 1180, granted by Henry II; dissolved 1308-10; Knights Hospitaller refounded 1313 (after 1314); dissolved after 1400; granted to Prior Rawson of Kilmainham; Clontarf Castle built on site, now the Clontarf Castle Hotel | St Congal | 53.3648°N -6.2071°W | ||||||
| Cruagh Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 5th century by D. Daluan of Croibige in the time of St Patrick | Craibeach; Creevagh | 53.2437°N -6.313°W (approx) | ||||||
| Dalkey Island | Benedictine monks chapel | St Begnet ____________________ Deilginis-cualan | |||||||
| Dublin — All Saints' Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian founded c.1166, Canons installed by Dermot Mac Murrough, King of Leinster; dissolved 1539; granted to Lord Devlin 1565; College of the Holy Trinity built on site by Queen Elizabeth I | 53.3445°N -6.2577°W | |||||||
| Dublin — Holy Trinity Cathedral and Priory + | traditional early monastic site, founded 7th century?; church founded c.1030; apparently Benedictine monks before 1085 to 1096; episcopal diocesan cathedral 1152; Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian founded c.1163; dissolved 1541; continuing as secular cathedral by Queen Mary | 53.3434°N -6.2712°W | |||||||
| Dublin — St George's Monastery ≈ | purported monastery of St George mentioned 1199,[2] doubtless a reference to St Mary de Hogges, which is located in the parish of St George | St George | |||||||
| Dublin — St Mary's Abbey | Savignac monks — from Chester founded c.1139; Cistercian monks orders merged 1147-8; apparently dependent on Combermere 1147; apparently dependent on Buildwas 1156-7; attempt to break with Buildwas failed 1307; dissolved 28 October 1539, surrendered by the last abbot, William Laundie; occupied for munitions by John Travers by 1540; granted to James, Earl of Desmond 20 December 1543; (NM) | St Mary ____________________ Baile-atha-cliath; Ath-cliath; Duibhlinne | 53.3477°N -6.2695°W | ||||||
| Dublin — St Mary de Hogges Abbey | Augustinian nuns — Arroaisian dependent on Clonard; founded c.1146 by Dermot Mac Murrough, King of Leinster; independent from before 1195; dissolved 1536, apparently suppressed early 1536; demolished by William Brabazon, under-treasurer of Ireland, materials used in repair of the King's castle in Dublin; granted to Francis Gosby 26 December 1537; granted to James Sedgrave c.1542 | St Mary de Hogges | [3] 53.3434°N -6.2613°W | ||||||
| Dublin — St. Mary del Dam | purported nunnery;[4] parish church occupied by a woman recluse 1276-7[5] | ||||||||
| Dublin — St Saviour's Priory * | Dominican Friars; church opened 15 January 1861; priory added 1885; Studium - House of Studies since 2000. extant | [6] [7] 53.3528°N -6.2672°W | |||||||
| Dublin — St Thomas's Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular priory founded March 1177 by King Henry II; Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine raised to abbey status c.1192; dissolved 1539; granted to William Brabazon 1545 | The Abbey Church of Saint Thomas the Martyr, Dublin ____________________ Thomas Court | [8] [9] 53.3415°N -6.2804°W | ||||||
| Dublin Augustinian Friary of the Holy Trinity | Augustinian Friars founded c.1259; Observant adopted 1517; dissolved 1540; granted to Robert Casey 6 May 1541 | Holy Trinity | |||||||
| Dublin Augustinian Priory | purported Augustinian Canons Regular[10] | ||||||||
| Dublin Augustinian Priory, St Olave | Augustinian Canons Regular church belonging to Bristol | ||||||||
| Dublin Carmelite Friary * | Carmelite Friars founded 1274 by Sir Robert Bagot, Chief Justice; dissolved 3 August 1539, surrendered by the last prior William Kelly; granted to Nicholas Stanyhurst; demolished before 18 August 1541; granted to Francis Aungier by Elizabeth I modern Carmelite priory built on site, extant | St Mary | 53.3398°N -6.2667°W | ||||||
| Dublin Priory Hospital | Fratres Cruciferi and nuns founded before 15 November 1588 (1185-8) by Ailred the Palmer; dissolved 1539; granted to Maurice, Earl of Thomond, 1544 | St John Baptist ____________________ Palmer's Hospital | |||||||
| Dublin Dominican Friary | Dominican Friars founded 1224; destroyed by fire in Dublin 1304; rebuilt before 1308 by Eustace le Poer; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Thomas Cusack 1542; granted to the Earl of Ormond 1578; The King's Inns established on site c.1582; | St Saviour | 53.346°N -6.275°W | ||||||
| Dublin Dominican Friary, later site | Dominican Friars founded c.1622 | 53.3443°N -6.2742°W (approx) | |||||||
| Dublin Franciscan Friary * | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded before 13 January 1233 (possibly on an earlier site); possibly transferred here c.1236; Observant Franciscan Friars adopted 1521; dissolved 1540; granted to Thomas Stephens 1541 | 53.341°N -6.2738°W | |||||||
| Dublin Franciscan Friary * | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual extant | Adam and Eve's | [11] [12] 53.3449°N -6.2726°W | ||||||
| Dublin Knights Hospitallers | Knights Hospitaller frankhouse of Kilmainham, founded before 1290; continued until the suppression | 53.3438°N -6.2716°W (approx) | |||||||
| Dublin Sack Friars | Friars of the Sack probably founded 1268; dissolved after 1309-10 | ||||||||
| Finglas Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded 560 by St Canice; possibly not continuing after 10th century (last recorded abbot died in Rome 1038); site occupied by remains of a medieval church | Fin-ghlais; Fionn-ghlais; Fionn-glass | [13] 53.3877°N -6.2997°W (approx) | ||||||
| Firhouse Carmelite Monastery * | Carmelite nuns extant | [14] 53.2804°N -6.3404°W | |||||||
| Glasmore Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded by St Cronan (Mochua) | Glaismor; Moortown | 53.4865°N -6.3135°W (approx) | ||||||
| Glasnevin Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic monks founded before 545 by St Mobi; possibly not continuing after 10th century | Glas-naoidhen; Glais-noiden | 53.3926°N -6.2376°W (approx) | ||||||
| Grace Dieu Abbey, | Augustinian nuns — Arroaisian — from Lusk; (community founded at Lusk after 1144) transferred here c.1195; founded after 1195? by John Cumin, Archbishop of Dublin; dissolved 1539; Turvey House was built from the remains of the abbey | St Mary ____________________ de Gratia Dei; Turvey House | 53.5006°N -6.1896°W (approx) | ||||||
| Grange Abbey | chapel of All Saints' Priory; disused since 17th century; ruined; (NM) | 53.3991°N -6.1604°W | |||||||
| Holmpatrick Priory, | Augustinian Canons Regular — from St Patrick's Island founded 1220; dissolved 1557; granted to Thomas FitzWilliams 1578; site now occupied by C.I. church | Holm Patric; Inis-patraic; Skerries | 53.5736°N -6.1055°W | ||||||
| Howth 'Abbey' ø | non-monastic collegiate church | The Collegiate Church of St. Mary Howth | 53.3875°N -6.0659°W | ||||||
| Ireland's Eye Monastery | early monastic site; besieged 897; plundered 960 | 53.4051°N -6.0639°W (approx) | |||||||
| Killester Monastery | purported remains of a monastery in Killester House[15] | 53.3723°N -6.2078°W (?) | |||||||
| Killiney Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic nuns | 53.2547°N -6.1163°W (?) | |||||||
| Killiney Friary * | Franciscan Friars founded 1945; extant | Dun Mhuire | [16] 53.2507°N -6.1152°W | ||||||
| Killininny Monastery | early monastic site, Gaelic nuns | Cell-na-n-ingen; Kilnaninghean | [17] 53.2728°N -6.3508°W (?) | ||||||
| Kilmacud Carmelite Monastery * | Carmelite nuns founded 1881; extant | St Joseph | [18] 53.285°N -6.2083°W | ||||||
| Kilmainham Monastery | early monastic site, founded 7th century by St Magnenn (Maignenn/Maighnenn) (in the time of St Fursey); later Knights Hospitaller site (see immediately below) | Cell-maignenn; Kil-maignend | [19] 53.3509°N -6.3386°W (?) | ||||||
| Kilmainham Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded c.1174 by Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke and Striguil, on the site of earlier monastery (see immediately above); erroneously given as Knights Templar[20] ; dissolved 1540; restored 1557; dissolved November 1558 | Priory of St John the Baptist | |||||||
| Kilnamanagh Monastery | early monastic site | Cell-na-managh | 53.298°N -6.3641°W (?) | ||||||
| Kilsallaghan Monastery | purported monastic site, order, foundation and period unknown | Kilsaghlan | 53.4747°N -6.3192°W (approx) | ||||||
| Kinsaley Monastery =? | early monastic site, founded by St Garban (Gobban) or St Doulagh; St Doulagh C.I. parish church built on site | Cean-saile; Cenn-saile; Kinsealy | 53.4152°N -6.1791°W | ||||||
| Lambay Island Monastery # | early monastic site, founded by St Colmcille | Reachrainn; Rechra; Lambey | 53.4882°N -6.0236°W | ||||||
| Loreto Abbey ^ | Sisters of Loreto founded 1821 by Frances Ball at Rathfarnham House | [21] 53.2921°N -6.28°W | |||||||
| Loreto Abbey, | Sisters of Loreto founded 1843 by Frances Ball; boarding school for girls opened 17 August 1843; boarding school closed 1982, continuing as a day school | 53.2797°N -6.1°W | |||||||
| Lusk Abbey =+ | early monastic site, founded before 496/8, possibly c.450, by Cuinnidh mac Cathmugh (St MacCullin), who died 496/8; burned and plundered by the Danes 827 and 856; burned and plundered by Munstermen 1053; burned by men of Meath 1133; St MacCullin's C.I. parish church built on site, incorporating round tower into tower | Lusca | 53.5261°N -6.1674°W | ||||||
| 'The Abbey', Malahide | ruins of a chapel | Alahid; Mullachide | 53.4449°N -6.1637°W | ||||||
| Malahide Carmelite Monastery * | Carmelite nuns extant | Star of the Sea Carmelite Monastery | [22] 53.4443°N -6.1405°W | ||||||
| Newcastle Monastery | early monastic site, founded by a St Finnian | Caislean-nua-liamhain | |||||||
| Portrane Priory | Augustinian nuns — Arroasian — from Grace Dieu founded 1539; dissolved after 1577 | ||||||||
| Rathmichael Monastery, | early monastic site, enclosure with slight remains of church and round tower | 53.2328°N -6.1463°W | |||||||
| Red Island Monastery, | |||||||||
| Roebuck Carmelite Monastery * | Carmelite nunsSee Roebuck, Dublin | The Immaculate Conception | [23] 53.3039°N -6.2312°W | ||||||
| Saggart Monastery | early monastic site | Tech-sacra; Tassagard | 53.5843°N -6.0762°W (approx) | ||||||
| St Anne's Monastery | early monastic site, possibly founded by Bishop Sanctain (possibly St Sanctain) | St Anne ____________________ Killeaspuigsanctain; St Anne's Chapel | |||||||
| St Catherine's Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine founded 1219 by Warisius dePech; cell dependent on St Thomas's, Dublin, 1323; dissolved 1539, surrendered 25 June 1539 | St Katherine; Salmon Leap | 53.3683°N -6.4697°W (approx) | ||||||
| St Doolagh's Monastery | early monastic site, founded by St Doolagh? chapel and cell 1200 possibly built for a hermit or small community | St Doolagh ____________________ St Doilough; Clochar | 53.4071°N -6.1616°W (approx) | ||||||
| St Patrick's Island Monastery | early monastic site, founded by St Patrick burned by the Danes 798; Augustinian Canons Regular founded after 1140; dissolved 1220, transferred to a new site at Holmpatrick | Inis Patraic | 53.5843°N -6.0762°W | ||||||
| Santry Monastery | early monastic site, founded by 6th century | Sentrebh | 53.3896°N -6.2522°W (approx) | ||||||
| Sruthair Monastery | early monastic site, possibly in County Dublin | Sruther | |||||||
| Swords Monastery = | early monastic site, founded c.560 by St Columbkill[24] | Sord-coluim-cille; Suird | [25] 53.4576°N -6.2245°W | ||||||
| Swords Priory | nuns 1474 mention of a prioress here probably refer to Grace Dieu[26] | ||||||||
| Tallaght Monastery #+ | early monastic site, founded 769 by Saint Maelruan; burned and plundered 811 by the Danes; rebuilt; possibly not continuing after 1125; site now occupied by St Maelruain's C.I. parish church | Tamlacht-maelruain; Taulaght | 53.2891°N -6.3657°W | ||||||
| Tallaght, St. Mary's Priory * | Dominican Friars founded 1855; novitate; new wing added 1903 connecting church and tower; library block completed in 1958; Studium 1935-2000; The Priory Institute incorporated 2000 extant | St Mary | [27] 53.2885°N -6.3607°W [28] | ||||||
| Taney Monastery | early monastic site | 53.2837°N -6.2258°W (approx) | |||||||
| Tullow/Tully Monastery? | early monastic site, founded by St Brigid (possibly Brigid, daughter of Leinin); ruined 13th-century church may occupy site of an Early Christian monastic site | Telach--na-n-epscop; Tulach-na-n-epscop | 53.2788°N -6.1846°W |
The following location in County Dublin lacks monastic connection:
sometime home of the Curran family