List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland

Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Northern Ireland.
==Abbreviations and Key==
 The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:-
*	indicates current monastic function
+	indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function''
^	indicates current non-ecclesiastic function''
#	indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains''
~	indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown''
 Trusteeship denoted as follows:-
NM	National Monument
 Other abbreviations
trns	transferred
rmv 	removed
c. 	circa (about)
ante	before
post	after
==County Antrim==
Foundation 	Communities/provenance 	Alt. Name	Formal Name/Image
Bonamargy Friary, Ballycastle, 	Franciscan c1500, burned 1584(1589), repaired & re-occupied 1626-1642, restored 1931 (NM) 	  	 
Carrickfergus Abbey# 	Franciscan 1248, Observant-Franciscan 1497-suppression, used as a munitions store, rebuilt as Joymont House, 1618	  	 
Glenarm Friary 	Franciscan, site now occupied by St. Patrick's C.I. church 	  	 
Church Island monastery, Lough Beg	  	  	 
Church Island Abbey, Lough Beg 	  	  	 
Portglenone Abbey Church* 	Cistercian, O.C.S.O.  	  	Abbey of Our Lady of Bethlehem, Portglenone;
Templepatrick preceptory# 	town said to be named for a Knights Templar foundation 	  	 
==County Armagh==
Foundation 	Communities/provenance 	Alt. Name	Formal Name/Image
Armagh Friary# 	Franciscan 1263/4-1551 	  	 
Kilnasaggart monastery#	site occupied by the Kilnasaggart Stone 	  	 
Tynan Abbey 	Originally a mansion named 'Fairview', remodeled in the monastic-gothic style, it was always a private home.	  	 
==County Down==
Foundation 	Communities/provenance 	Alt. Name	Formal Name/Image
Ards Peninsula abbeys 	  	  	 
Bangor Abbey 	latterly Franciscan, site now incorporated into C.I. church 	  	 
Comber Abbey# 	Cistercian from Whitland 1200-1543, on the site of an earlier monastery founded by St Patrick, site now occupied by St Mary's C.I. church 	  	 
Downpatrick monastery# 	within the dun or ráth on which the C.I. Cathedral now stands 	  	 
Downpatrick Friary# 	Franciscan 1235, burned 1316, conventual -Reformation, Observant-Franciscan 1627-1650s 	  	 
Greyabbey Abbey 	Cistercian, rebuilt and served for a time as a parish church 	  	 
Inch Abbey 	Cistercian, on the site of an earlier monastery 	  	   
Magheralin monastery 	site occupied by remains of 15th-C church 	  	 
Movilla Abbey 	site occupied by 13-15th-C church 	  	 
Nendrum Monastery, Mahee Island (Strangford Lough)	Patrician from 6th century, burned 10th century, in late 12th century a small Benedictine cell, by 1306 a parish church, abandoned 15th century	  	   
Newry monastery 	Patrician 	  	 
Newry Abbey 	Cistercian 	  	 
Newtownards Friary 	Dominican 	  	 
Portaferry monastery# 	site thought to be now occupied by two small churches 	  	 
==County Fermanagh==
Foundation 	Communities/provenance 	Alt. Name 	Formal Name
Devenish Island Abbey, Lough Erne	Augustinian 	Devenish Island Priory	The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Devenish Island
Lisgoole Abbey# 	Augustinian Canons Regular c1145-1583, Franciscan 1583-1598, 1616-ante1811, built on site of early monastery (below)	  	The Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Mary, Lisgoole
Lisgoole monastery# 	site later occupied by Augustinian priory (above) 	  	The monastery of Saint Aid, Lisgoole
White Island monastery? 	attempts made to identify this location as being Eo-inis monastery 	  	 
==County Londonderry==
Foundation 	Communities/provenance 	Alt. Name	Formal Name
Ballykelly monastery?	site now occupied by remains of a church destroyed 1641	  	 
Derry monastery 	  	  	 
Derry: possible Franciscan Friary, traditionally in Waterside and Ardmore area
==County Tyrone==
Foundation 	Communities/provenance 	Alt. Name 	Formal Name
Ardboe monastery 	10thC 	  	 
Clogher monastery 	site now occupied by C.I. cathedral 	  	 
Donaghmore monastery 	ancient monastery (NM) 	  	 
Dromore Abbey 	Cistercian, said to be on site of ancient nunnery 	  	 
Dromore Friary~ 	Franciscan 1637-c1717 	  	 
Dungannon Friary 	Franciscan 1687-1817 	Donaghmore Friary	 
Errigal Keeroge monastery 	  	  	 
Priory of Our Lady of Benburb*	Servite, a mansion in the demesne of Benburb Castle	  	 
Strabane: some evidence of a small Franciscan Friary east of the town 1660s-18thC
==References==
* The Modern Traveller to the Early Irish Church, Kathleen Hughes & Ann Hamlin, Four Courts Press (1997). ISBN 1-85182-194-5
==See also==
*Abbeys and priories in England
*Abbeys and priories in Wales
*Abbeys and priories in Scotland
*Abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland
*Abbeys and priories in Isle of Man
*Dominicans in Ireland
==External links==
* Nendrum Abbey Photos
* Grey Abbey Photos
* Landscapes Unlocked - Aerial footage from the BBC Sky High series explaining the physical, social and economic geography of Nendrum.
 
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