Trinity Abbey

Trinity abbey is found on the southern portion of Lough Key on Trinity Island. In 1215, dean of Elphin, Clarus Mac Máilin O Maelconaire, founded the Premonstratensians abbey of Holy Trinity. The abbey’s monks were added to in 1228 by a group of monks from the Cistercian Abbey of Boyle. The Boyle monks came with their manuscripts, eventually becoming the Annals of Lough Cé. Trinity abbey was bri...