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Clane Friary
53.2893° N, -6.6830° E
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Clane Friary, also called Clane Abbey, is a former friary of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual located in Clane, Ireland.
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Foundation by Saint Ailbe
c. AD 520 or AD 548
Viking attack
1035
Synod of Clane
1162
Franciscan foundation
1258–1260
Burial of Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald
1259
Franciscan chapter
1345
Black Death and decline
1348–1350
South aisle addition
15th century
Dissolution of the friary
1540
Grant of lands
1541–1542
Partial destruction of buildings
c. 1606
Restoration by friars
1647
Final abandonment
1650
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