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This Franciscan Friary is said to have been founded by John de Cogan around 1250 and was richly endowed by the De Feoris or de Bermingham family. The ruins consist of a nave-and-chancel church and portions of the cloister. The chancel has six side-windows and has a triple sedilia of about 1300.

The north aisle was added to the nave at a later stage. In the 15th century the lancet windows in the east wall were replaced by the present well-preserved splayed window, the tower was added,...

Of the original church there remain the walls, the west doorway and, in the south wall, two aisle arches (with a figure of St. Francis inserted later between them) and another beside the alter which led to a now no longer existing south transept.

The east window is a modern insertion, but the west window probably dates to a partial reconstruction in the 17th century, when a door to the sacristy was inserted. Parts of the east and west portions of the domestic buildings still stand....

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For a long time the Cistercians of Dunbrody had a chapel here dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, but when it was abandoned by them O'Madden, the local chieftain, gave it to the Dominicans who, with the consent of the Cistercians, erected a friary and a church which they dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. Pope Martin V granted a Bull to confirm their possessions in 1426.

The remains consist of a church with nave, chancel and transepts, a cloister and domestic build...

Dominican Friary, Portumna

The Friary, was originally a chapel belonging to the Cistercians, an dwas dedicated to St. Peter and Paul. After it was abandoned by them, the O'Madden gave it to the Dominicans, who erected,a church and friary that was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Pope Martin V confirmed their status with a special "Bull" or document in 1426.

To the east are two narrow and pointed windows, that are date from the original 13th century Cistercian Church. But the...

This Franciscan Friary was founded in 1353 on the site of an older monastery founded by St. Conall in the sixth century. The buildings consists of a church with nave, choir, south transept and aisle, and some domestic buildings.

There are two fine tomb niches in the north wall of the church. Tradition says that the friars were expelled from the monastery only a few weeks before the Battle of Aughrim in 1691....

William O'Kelly, Lord of Hy Many, founded this new friary for the Franciscans in 1353 on the site of an older monastery founded by St. Conall in the sixth century. The buildings consist of a church with nave, choir, south transept and aisle, and some domestic buildings.

The nave is entered by a finely moulded west doorway with a 15th century date. The north wall of the church has two fine tomb niches. That near the west door has well carved figures of Saints Johanes (John), Lodovic (...

The Friary was founded around 1351 by Sir Raymond de Burgo for the Franciscans. It is the most extensive and best preserved of the Franciscan friaries in Ireland. Although founded in the 14th century, most of the building dates from the late 15th century. The church consists of a nave and chancel, and has a double south transept with a later chapel added to it.

The church windows, which are all well preserved, present a good cross-section of the types of window used in the late 15th...