List of the monastic houses on the Isle of Man is a catalogue of abbeys, priories, friaries or other monastic house on the Isle of Man.
indicates current monastic function | ||
+ | indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function | |
^ | indicates current non-ecclesiastic function | |
indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains | ||
~ | indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown |
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Bemaken Friary | Franciscan Friars founded 1367; dissolved 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4 | Bemaccan Friary | |||||||
Douglas Priory ^ | Cistercian nuns founded before 1226 purportedly by Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles. dissolved 24 June 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4; chapel converted used as coachhouse | St Mary supposed (doubtful) St Bridget (possibly St Mary and St Bridget) | 54.148°N -4.494°W | ||||||
Mirescog Monastery | Cistercian monks dependent on Rievaulx, Yorkshire; founded 1176; dissolved c.1200 | later called Sulby Grange | |||||||
Rushen Abbey | Savignac monks dependent on Furness, Lancashire (Cumbria) founded 1134/5, land granted by Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles; Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147; dissolved 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4 | 54.0989°N -4.6375°W |