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St. Wolstan's Priory
53.3436° N, -6.5172° E
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St. Wolstan's Priory is a former Augustinian (Victorine) monastery located in County Kildare, Ireland.
Paleolithic
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Iron Age
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Priory founded
1202 (or 1205)
Land grant to priory
1271
Bridge constructed
1308
Additional churches granted to prior
1314
Suppression during Dissolution
1536
Grant to John Alan
1538
Conversion to residence (Alen family)
1561
Ruins sketched
1782
Purchased by religious order
1955
Archaeological assessment
2002
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