Abbeys monasteries and convents Connacht

Majestic ruins of an abbey founded in 1253 by Felim O'Conor, King of Connacht (left on the left of the entrance). In medieval times, Roscommon was a place of pilgrimage because the city would have held a piece of the Real Cross, and this abbey represented one of the most important Dominican centers in Ireland.

Along a river, the mass ruins of the Franciscan monastery of Quin are well preserved, including the square tower. If one considers the important area of the church and the thickness of its walls, this abbey appears to have more served as a fortress than a place of worship: It was built on the foundations of a strong castle at the beginning of the th century. Despite many centuries of persecution, monks lived here until the 1820 th century, the last of them, Father Hogan, was buried in.

This abbey was founded in the th century by King Cathal O'Conor. It is the only abbey in Ireland founded by a king and is still active.

In the very advanced ruins of the abbey and in the middle of the graves, two altars still carry enigmatic sculptures. On the first, one can see a pietà surrounded by a woman (Marie-Madeleine?) and a man raising the forearm, palms facing us (receiving or showing the stigma).

On the other altar, a series of characters, on the left, perhaps three Christ King. One of them, the open cape on the wound of the right flank (or the Three Mages and Christ King). .

Along the Lough Conn, in a picturesque landscape, you will find the ruins of this Augustinian abbey built in the twelfth century on the site of a church of the century.

9 km from Ballina, on the road to Killala. If the quest for the ruins comes to an obsession, the abbey of Moyne is open to you. To access it, it is necessary to cross the courtyard of a farm and then a field. After a slalom between the cows, we admire the situation at the seaside of this important abbey of the th century, built by the Franciscan with a gray and austere stone…

6,5 km from Ballina, on the road to Killala. On the edge of the Killala Bay estuary, the beautiful subtropical ruins of this th century Franciscan monastery have a few curiosities. In addition to its perfect conservation, the stylish porch is an elegant design. Inside the church, we will notice two angels to the instruments of Passion and a curious monk angel that seems to ring a bell, pulling on a rope that is no other than the tip of a arcade.

This th century Dominican abbey in ruins deserves a small hook, at least for the surrounding landscape. It is surrounded by the extension of a tiny coiled sea arm that looks like a river lined with algae…

The only Trinitarien monastery in Ireland, it was founded in 1230. 

The Franciscan Abbey was founded in 1464 by Thomas FitzMorris, seventh Earl of Kildare. The ruins, lost in the middle of the golf course at Adare Manoir, are no longer known.