List of monastic houses on the Isle of Man explained

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.

Abbreviations and Key

The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:
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

List

width = 15%Foundationwidth = 5%Imagewidth = 30%Communities & Provenancewidth = 20%Formal Name or Dedication
& Alternative Names
width = 10%OnLine References & Location
Bemaken FriaryFranciscan 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 coachhouseSt Mary
supposed (doubtful) St Bridget (possibly St Mary and St Bridget)
54.148°N -4.494°W
Mirescog MonasteryCistercian monks dependent on Rievaulx, Yorkshire; founded 1176; dissolved c.1200later called Sulby Grange
Rushen AbbeySavignac 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

See also

References