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St. Dominic's Abbey
52.5181° N, -7.8878° E
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St. Dominic's Abbey is a medieval Dominican abbey and National Monument located in Cashel, Ireland.
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Surrender and dissolution
8 April 1540
Foundation of the abbey
1243
Provincial chapters held
1256, 1289, 1307
Monastery church expanded
c. 1270
Rebuilt and association with John Cantwell II
1480
Partial lease by the prior
1535-1536
Grant to Walter Fleming
1543-1544
Community numbers in the 18th–19th centuries
1756, 1800, 1850
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