Clare Augustinian Abbey

Clareabbey (also known as Clare Abbey) is an Augustinian monastery ruin located to the west of the River Fergus at the end of a narrow slip road at the south east corner of the town of Ennis. When in operation it was the largest and most important of Co. Clare’s Augustinian monasteries. Originally called the ‘Abbey of St. Peter & Paul at Kilmony’, it was founded in about 1189, reportedly by Do...