1353 – Kilconnell Abbey, Co. Galway
A Franciscan friary founded in 1353, by William O’Kelly, Lord of Ui Maine.
1382 – The Gatehouse, St. Mary’s Abbey, Thornton, Lincolnshire
Almost continuous building work over a century from 1252 onwards included a new chapter house (1282–1308);
13th C. – Drumlane Priory, Co. Cavan
The remains of a 13th century church and round tower. St Mary’s Priory was established here on the northern banks of Garfiney Lough in the 12th century for Augustinian Canons.
1404c – Clontuskert Abbey, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
The first monastery founded here by St. Baeten in the late 7th century no longer exists.
1440 – Rosserk Abbey, Co. Mayo
One of the finest and best preserved Franciscan monasteries in Ireland,
1445 – Kilcooly Abbey, Co. Tipperary
Originally built around 1200, complete destruction of the abbey in 1445 led it its rebuilding.
1448 – Muckross Abbey, Killarney, Co. Kerry
Founded in 1448 as a Franciscan friary for the Observantine Franciscans by Donal McCarthy Mor.
1448 – Tulsk Abbey, Co. Roscommon
According to Lewis’s Topographical Survey of Ireland, “O’Conor Roe erected a castle here in 1406,
1450 – Bective Abbey, Bective, Co. Meath
Bective Abbey is a Cistercian abbey on the River Boyne, founded by Murchad O’Maeil-Sheachlainn in 1147 as a ‘daughter house’
1450c – Fenagh Abbey, Co. Leitrim
The present day abbey ruins date from the fifteenth century. Nearby is another ruin which was likely residential accommodation for the priests of Fenagh.
