Muckross Franciscan Friary

Muckross Abbey (Mainistir Locha Léinand Mainistir Mhucrois) was founded in 1448 by the Observantine faction of the Franciscan Order, with the political support and financial patronage of the Gaelic Irish Chieftain Donal Mac Mór Mac Chartaigh (Donal McCarthy Mor). Though known as “Muckross Abbey” the building was in fact a “Friary” not an Abbey. Abbey’s, like the nearby monastery on Innisfallen...