1140 – Monaincha Church, Co. Tipperary
Sited on a hill surrounded by a drained lough and now a bog,
Sited on a hill surrounded by a drained lough and now a bog,
Established by Donal Mor O’Brien in 1189, the abbey at Clarecastle,
Known as the Old Abbey or the Hospital of St. Mary d’Urso,
A monastery was founded here for the Augustinians in 1216, but was largely rebuilt in 1265 after a fire.
The Earl of Kildare founded the Augustinian friary at Adare, County Limerick in 1315.
Almost continuous building work over a century from 1252 onwards included a new chapter house (1282–1308);
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.
The first monastery founded here by St. Baeten in the late 7th century no longer exists.
Unfinished, the Augustinian church should have received a spire,
Religious campus that was built around an existing house,