Kilmacduagh Augustinian Friary

Kilmacduagh Friary forms part of the monastic settlement of Kilmacduagh, see Kilmacduagh Monastic site. This friary, north of the monastic site, was under the patronage of the O’Heyne family who had the friary built for the Augustinian Canons in the early 12th The original monastery was founded on land belonging to Guaire, king of Uí Fiachrach Aidne, in the 6th/7th century. It is accepted that ...