1180 – Jerpoint Abbey, Co. Kilkenny
Jerpoint Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey, constructed by around 1180, by Donogh O’Donoghoe Mac Gilla Patraic, the King of Osraige.
1886 – Abbey of St. Francis, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Architect: W.G. Doolin
A late 19th century church attached to an earlier tower and spire. The original Franciscan monastery wasdissolved 1540,
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.
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); enlargement of the cloister (1322–6);
1448 – Muckross Abbey, Killarney, Co. Kerry
Founded in 1448 as a Franciscan friary for the Observantine Franciscans by Donal McCarthy Mor. It has had a violent history and has been damaged and reconstructed many times.
1617 – Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Bavaria
Architect: Leonhard Dientzenhofer, J.L. Dientzenhofer
After its dissolution in 1803 the buildings were used for the almshouse Vereinigte Katharinen- und Elisabethen-Spital,
1899 – Carmelite Abbey, Loughrea, Co. Galway
Architect: W.H. Byrne
Church of 1820, by an unknown architect, under the supervision of Fr Gannon, the superior at the time,
1193 – Grey Abbey, Greyabbey, Co. Down
Grey Abbey was founded in 1193, by John de Courcy’s wife, Affreca as a daughter house of Holmcultram Abbey in Cumbria.
1257 – Roscommon Abbey, Co. Roscommon
Founded in 1253 and consecrated in 1257. The church originally consisted of one long aisle with lancet windows. Those on the east and west walls were replaced in the 15th century with traceried windows.
15th C. – Clonshanville Abbey, Co.Roscommon
Probably founded early to mid 15th century. According to the Dominican Provincial reports, there were two friars here in 1702, five in 1756 and three in 1767,
