Abbeys monasteries and convents Ireland

On the Bords River, overlooking Donegal Bay, ruins of a Franciscan abbey erected in 1474.

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.

In the distance, the ruins of Hore Abbey, the last Cistercian Abbey in Ireland, was founded by the Archbishop of Cashel in 1272. A small path from the Rock of Cashel allows you to go directly.

Abbey in the Celtic brothers'plan founded for the Dominican brothers in 1243 by Archbishop David MacKelly, whose ruins now lie in the city centre.

Bus Eireann travels to Boyle from Sligo. Those who have visited Mellifont Abbey (Louth County) will regain the austerity and severity of the Cistercian monks who built Boyle Abbey in the th century. The church is the main ruin. It keeps its long nave and, in the choir, the elevation of a square tower by impressive arcades. The three openings of the rectory are three blade blades sharp the sky and trees. The cloister, unfortunately, only remains the promenade which allows at least to admire the sequencing of the arches of the church solidly seated.

Remains of a former Dominican convent founded, according to tradition, by Giolla-Losa O'Reilly, Lord of Breffny, in the 14th century, and whose imposing main tower is still standing despite the fire caused by the English in 1468.