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Inchmacnerin Abbey
53.9945° N, -8.2608° E
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Inchmacnerin Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Inis Mac nÉirín) is a former monastery and National Monument located in Lough Key, Ireland.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
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Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
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Traditional foundation
6th century AD
Refoundation as Augustinian priory
1140–1170
Dissolution
c. 1569
Land grant to William Taaffe
1596
Archaeological excavation
2000
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