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Holy Trinity Abbey, Lough Key
53.9892° N, -8.2547° E
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Holy Trinity Abbey is a former medieval Premonstratensian priory and National Monument located in Lough Key, Ireland.
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Early monastic foundation
7th century AD
Surviving church fabric
9th century
Annals of Loch Cé composition span
1014–1590
Priory foundation
1215
Monks from Boyle Abbey
1228
Raised to abbey status
c. 1235
Daughter house founded
1237
Death of anchoress Gormfhlaith
1436
15th-century fire and rebuilding
1466
Held in commendam by regional lord
1548
Grant to Robert Harrison
1594
Burial of Sir Conyers Clifford
1599
Final departure and confiscation
1608
Modern excavation finds
1991
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