# List of monastic houses in County Carlow

The smaller establishments such as monastic cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks) and camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templars and Knights Hospitallers) are included. The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had, or was purported to have, the status or function of an abbey, priory, or preceptory/commandery.

## Layout

Communities/provenance: shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as have been established as well as the fate of the establishment after dissolution, and the current status of the site.
Formal name or dedication: shows the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated, where known.
Alternative names: some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time. In order to assist in text-searching such alternatives in name or spelling have been provided.

## Abbreviations and Key

The sites listed are ruins or fragmentary remains unless indicated thus: :
| * | current monastic function |
| + | current non-monastic ecclesiastic function |
| ^ | current non-ecclesiastic function |
| = | remains incorporated into later structure |
| # | no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains |
| ~ | exact site of monastic foundation unknown |
| ø | possibly no such monastic foundation at location |
| ¤ | no such monastic foundation |
| ≈ | identification ambiguous or confused |
Locations with names in italics indicate probable duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented).
Trusteeship denoted as follows: :
| NIEA | Scheduled Monument (NI) |
| NM | National Monument (ROI) |
| C.I. | Church of Ireland |
| R.C. | Roman Catholic Church |
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This is a list of the monastic houses in County Carlow, Ireland.
| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | OnLine References & Location |
| Acaun Monastery $^#$, Rathvilly Parish | | supposed monastic site — order and period unknown | | 52°50′31″N 6°43′02″W﻿ / ﻿52.8419725°N 6.7172813°W﻿ / 52.8419725; -6.7172813﻿ (Acaun — supposed monastic foundation (approx.)) (approx) |
| Agha Monastery | | Gaelic monks founded 6th century by St Fintan; possibly not surviving after 10th century | Achad-finglass; Achadfinglass; Achad-Urghlais; Augha | 52°43′00″N 6°55′11″W﻿ / ﻿52.716628°N 6.919804°W﻿ / 52.716628; -6.919804﻿ (Agha Monastery (approx.)) (approx) |
| Aghade Priory | | Augustinian — Arroasian nuns dependent on Dublin; cell of St Mary de Hogges, Dublin; founded 1151 by Dermot mac Murchard, King of Leinster; dissolved before 1500? | Athaddy; Athade; Athad; Aghadh; Aghade Nunnery; Ath-fhadhat | 52°45′36″N 6°44′12″W﻿ / ﻿52.7600091°N 6.7365932°W﻿ / 52.7600091; -6.7365932﻿ (Aghade Priory) |
| Athkiltan $^~$ | | Knights Templar manor, possibly located in County Carlow | Takyltan | |
| Ballymoon Preceptory $^ø$ | | supposed (though dubious) establishment of Knights Templar purportedly founded c.1300 no record of preceptory found | Bally MacWilliam-roe; Bally-M'William-Row; Baile-mic-Uilliam | 52°42′00″N 6°54′26″W﻿ / ﻿52.7000541°N 6.9071388°W﻿ / 52.7000541; -6.9071388﻿ (Ballymoon Preceptory (supposed)) |
| Carlow Monastery | | Gaelic monks founded before 601-2 by St Comgal of Bangor, site granted by Cormac, King of Ui Bairrche | Cathair-lach; Ceithiorlach | 52°50′03″N 6°55′32″W﻿ / ﻿52.834299°N 6.9255066°W﻿ / 52.834299; -6.9255066﻿ (Carlow Monastery) |
| Poor Clare Monastery Carlow, Graiguecullen | | | Monastery of Perpetual Adoration ____________________ Poor Clares founded 19th century | 52°50′11″N 6°56′27″W﻿ / ﻿52.836386°N 6.9407362°W﻿ / 52.836386; -6.9407362﻿ (Poor Clare Monastery, Carlow) |
| Clonmore Monastery | | Gaelic monks founded 6th century by St Mogue; possibly not surviving after 10th century; church burnt 1040 | Cluain-mor-maedoc; Clonemore | 52°49′38″N 6°34′10″W﻿ / ﻿52.8272595°N 6.5693307°W﻿ / 52.8272595; -6.5693307﻿ (Clonmore Monastery) |
| Domnach-feic Monastery | | early monastic site, founded 5th century (in the time of St Patrick) by St Fiace | Domnach-feich | |
| Dunleckney Preceptory $^#$ | | purported Knights Templar founded 1300; dissolved 1308 | Leighlinbridge Preceptory? | 52°42′29″N 6°57′13″W﻿ / ﻿52.7080633°N 6.9536591°W﻿ / 52.7080633; -6.9536591﻿ (Dunleckney Preceptory) |
| Kilfortchearn Monastery | | early monastic site, purportedly founded 5th century (in the time of St Patrick) by St Fortchern, bishop | Cell-foirtcheirn; Ui Drona | |
| Killerig Preceptory | | Knights Templar founded before 1212 (in the reign of King John) by Gilbert de Borard; Knights Hospitaller dissolved 1540; granted to the wife of Gerard Aylmer 1590; leased to James Sherlock of Waterford | The Preceptory of St John the Baptist ____________________ Killargy; Killarge; Friarstown | 52°50′46″N 6°47′34″W﻿ / ﻿52.8460387°N 6.7928714°W﻿ / 52.8460387; -6.7928714﻿ (Killerig Preceptory) |
| Leighlin Abbey $^+$ | | Gaelic monks founded c.600 by St Gobban; episcopal diocesan cathedral; destroyed by fire c.1060; new cathedral built 12th-13th century; extant; secular canons purportedly instituted at the cathedral by Bishop John Mulgan (Seaán Ó Maolagáin) c.1422; dissolved 1567 | Old Leighlin Abbey; Leth-glenn | 52°44′10″N 7°01′32″W﻿ / ﻿52.7360192°N 7.0256493°W﻿ / 52.7360192; -7.0256493﻿ (Leighlin Abbey) |
| Leighlin Friary $^≈$ | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular — erroneous reference to the friary of Bakil, Wicklow | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular — erroneous reference to the friary of Bakil, Wicklow | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular — erroneous reference to the friary of Bakil, Wicklow | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular — erroneous reference to the friary of Bakil, Wicklow |
| Leighlin Priory | | Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian founded after 1163? at the instance of St Lawrence O'Toole (dubious reference to 9th century foundation by Burchard, son of Gurmund, a Norwegian); dissolved c.1392; petition for suppression and appropriation to the cathedral chapter granted by the Pope to the Bishop (Thomas Fleming) 1432 | St Stephen | |
| Leighlinbridge Priory | | Carmelite monks founded 1265-72 (before the death of Henry III) by a member of the Carew family; dissolved before 1541; converted into a fort; restored, convent in existence c.1737 | Priory of St Mary | 52°44′08″N 6°58′42″W﻿ / ﻿52.7355121°N 6.9784641°W﻿ / 52.7355121; -6.9784641﻿ (Leighlinbridge Monastery) |
| Leighlinbridge Preceptory $^≈$ | | Knights Templar apparently same as Dunleckney Preceptory (supra) | | |
| Lorum Monastery | | Gaelic monks patron St Laseroam (Molaise) | Leamhdruim | 52°39′49″N 6°55′44″W﻿ / ﻿52.6634839°N 6.9289666°W﻿ / 52.6634839; -6.9289666﻿ (Lorum Monastery) |
| St Mullin's Monastery | | Gaelic monks founded 7th century; (NM) | Achad Cainida; Tech-moling; Thamoling; Temolyn; Shymylyng; Thacineling; Thacmoling | 52°29′20″N 6°55′39″W﻿ / ﻿52.488889°N 6.9275558°W﻿ / 52.488889; -6.9275558﻿ (St Mullin's Monastery) |
| St Mullin's Abbey | | early monastic site, founded 632 by St Molling, site purportedly granted by St Aidan, Bishop of Ferns; purported Augustinian Canons Regular (no documentation of foundation); plundered and burnt before 1138; (NM) | Achad Cainida; Tech-moling; Thamoling; Temolyn; Shymylyng; Thacineling; Thacmoling | 52°29′20″N 6°55′39″W﻿ / ﻿52.488889°N 6.9275558°W﻿ / 52.488889; -6.9275558﻿ (St Mullin's Abbey) |
| St Mullins Friary | | Franciscan Friars, license granted 1414 — no evidence foundation ever implemented | Achad Cainida; Tech-moling; Thamoling; Temolyn; Shymylyng; Thacineling; Thacmoling | |
| Tullow Abbey $^#$ | | Augustinian Friars founded 1314 by Simon Lumbard and Hugh Talun who granted site; dissolved 1541?; granted to Thomas, Earl of Ormond, December 1557 | Tully; Tullagh; Tealach-fortchern; Tuluch-ua-bfeidhlimidh; Tullowphelim; Tullyfelim; Laghia; The Black Abbey | 52°48′11″N 6°43′58″W﻿ / ﻿52.8030209°N 6.7327309°W﻿ / 52.8030209; -6.7327309﻿ (Tully Abbey) |
| Tullow Friary | | Carmelite Friars, given in state papers and listed 1645 — no other evidence of foundation | Tully; Tullagh; Tealach-fortchern; Tuluch-ua-bfeidhlimidh; Tullowphelim; Tullyfelim; Laghia; The Black Abbey | |
| Tullow Monastery $^#$ | | early monastic site, founded 5th century? | Tully; Tullagh; Tealach-fortchern; Tuluch-ua-bfeidhlimidh; Tullowphelim; Tullyfelim; Laghia; The Black Abbey | |

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