1207 – Duiske Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
Irish Builder and Engineer “IN our last number we gave a sketch of the ruins of St.
1210 – King John’s Castle, Limerick
King John’s Castle, on the south side of Thomond Bridge head,
1210 – St. David’s Castle, Naas, Co. Kildare
Also known as King John’s Castle, and is the last surviving example of the many fortified houses in the town of Naas.
1218 – Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon
Boyle Abbey was established in 1161 under the patronage of the MacDermott’s as a daughter house of Mellifont Abbey and was completed in 1218.
1220 – Collegiate Church of St Mary, Youghal, Co. Cork
St Mary’s Collegiate Church is one of the oldest churches in the country and occupies a site devoted to religious worship since early Christian times.
1223 – St. Brigid’s Cathedral, Kildare, Co. Kildare
St. Brigid’s Cathedral, most recently rebuilt in the 19th century, stands on the original site of the nunnery founded by St.
1224 – Dominican Friary, Drogheda, Co. Louth
The Magdalene Tower was the belfry tower of the once extensive Dominican Friary founded here about 1224 by Lucas de Netterville,
1225 – The Black Abbey, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Founded by William Marshall the Younger, for the Dominican Friars in 1225,
1226 – Black Friars Abbey, Waterford
According to Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary “A monastery for Dominican or Black Friars,
1227 – St. John’s Castle, Rinndown, Co. Roscommon
Built in 1227 by King Henry III of England, populated by up to 1000 people in it’s heyday.
