Portumna Dominican Friary

  Sitting on the northern edge of Lough Derg and south of Portumna town centre, this accessible medieval Cistercian priory and later Dominican friary was founded in 1254 when a chapel was dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul by the Cistercian monks of Dunbrody, Co. Wexford. Following its abandonment, it was replaced in 1426 by a Dominican friary and a church that was dedicated to the Blessed Vir...