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Castledermot Abbey
52.9086° N, -6.8371° E
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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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