Coordinates: 52°54′31″N 6°50′14″W / 52.908556°N 6.837141°W / 52.908556; -6.837141

Castledermot Abbey

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Castledermot Abbey
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Castledermot Abbey is located in Ireland
Castledermot Abbey
Location within Ireland
Monastery information
Other namesCastledermot Friary
OrderFranciscan
EstablishedPrior to 1247
Disestablished1540
DioceseKildare and Leighlin
People
Founder(s) (d.1238/9)
Architecture
Functional statusAbandoned
Heritage designationNational Monument
StyleIrish Gothic
GroundbreakingPrior to 1247
Site
LocationAbbey Street, Castledermot,
County Kildare, Ireland
Coordinates52°54′31″N 6°50′14″W / 52.908556°N 6.837141°W / 52.908556; -6.837141
Public accessyes

Castledermot Abbey is a ruined Franciscan friary in Castledermot, County Kildare, in the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in about the year 1300. A previous monastery was founded on the same site by Diarmait, a son of Áed Róin, King of Ulster, in the ninth century AD.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Franciscan friary, Castledermot", Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)
  2. ^ "Castledermot Franciscan Friary | Monastic Ireland". www.monastic.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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