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Kinalehin Friary
53.1026° N, -8.3925° E
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Kinalehin Friary (also Kinaleghin; Irish: Mainistir Chineál Fhéichín), originally a medieval charterhouse or Carthusian monastery and later a Franciscan friary, is a National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Kinalehin Charterhouse was Ireland's only Carthusian monastery.
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Founding
c. 1252
Purported destruction
1279
Sale to Knights Hospitaller
1306
Dissolution by General Chapter
1321
Diocese possession
1341
Refoundation permission
c. 1371
Dissolution under Henry VIII
1540
Refounded for Observant Franciscans
1611
An Leabhar Breac held at Kinalehin
1629
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