Ireland

Castledermot Abbey

Ruined Franciscan friary in County Kildare, Ireland

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Castledermot Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Dhíseart Diarmada) is a ruined Franciscan friary in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland. It was founded at some point before 1247. A previous monastery had been founded on the same site by Diarmait, a son of Áed Róin, King of Ulster, in the ninth century AD.

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Earlier monastery founded

9th century AD

Franciscan friary founded

before 1247

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52.91° N, -6.84° E