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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
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
Trusteeship denoted as follows:-
NM = National Monument
Other abbreviations:-
trns = transferred rmv = removed c = circa (about) ante = before post = after C.I. = Church of Ireland
Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Bonamargy Friary , Ballycastle ,Franciscan c 1500, burned 1584(1589), repaired & re-occupied 1626-1642, restored 1931 (NM ) Carrickfergus Abbey # Franciscan 1248, Observant-Franciscan 1497-suppression , used as a munitions store, rebuilt as Joymont House, 1618 Glenarm Friary Franciscan , site now occupied by St. Patrick's C.I. church Church Island monastery , Lough Beg Church Island Abbey , Lough Beg Portglenone Abbey Church * Templepatrick preceptory # town said to be named for a Knights Templar foundation
Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Armagh Friary # Franciscan 1263/4-1551 Kilnasaggart monastery # site occupied by the Kilnasaggart Stone Tynan Abbey originally a mansion named 'Fairview'.
Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Ballykelly monastery ?site now occupied by remains of a church destroyed 1641 Derry monastery , Londonderry
Derry : possible Franciscan Friary, traditionally in Waterside and Ardmore area
Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Ards Peninsula abbeys Bangor Abbey latterly Franciscan , site now incorporated into C.I. church 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 Downpatrick monastery # within the dun or rath on which the C.I. Cathedral now stands Downpatrick Friary # Franciscan 1235, burned 1316, conventual -Reformation , Observant_Franciscan 1627-1650s Greyabbey Abbey Cistercian , rebuilt and served for a time as a parish church Inch Abbey Cistercian , on the site of an earlier monastery Magheralin monastery site occupied by remains of 15th-C church Movilla Abbey site occupied by 13-15th-C church Nendrum Abbey , Mahee Island (Strangford Lough) Newry monastery Patrician Newry Abbey Cistercian Newtownards Friary Dominican Portaferry monastery # site thought to be now occupied by two small churches
Foundation Communities/provenance Alt. Name Formal Name Ardboe monastery 10thC Clogher monastery site now occupied by C.I. cathedral Donaghmore monastery ancient monastery (NM ) Dromore Abbey Cistercian , said to be on site of ancient nunnery Dromore Friary ~ Franciscan 1637-c 1717 Dungannon Friary Franciscan 1687-1817Donaghmore Friary Errigal Keeroge monastery Priory of Our Lady of Benburb * Servite , a mansion in the demesne of Benburb Castle
Strabane : some evidence of a small Franciscan Friary east of the town 1660s-18thC
See also
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Culture of Northern Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (528 words)
Elements of the culture of Ireland and culture of the United Kingdom are to be found. The Ulster Cycle is pertinent to the history of literature in the territory of present-day Northern Ireland . Unionists tend to use the Union flag and sometimes the Northern Ireland Flag, while nationalists usually use the Flag of Ireland , or sometimes the Flag of Ulster.
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