Castledermot Abbey
Castledermot Abbey is a ruined Franciscan friary in Castledermot, County Kildare, in the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in about the year 1300. A previous monastery was founded on the same site by Diarmait, a son of Áed Róin, King of Ulster, in the ninth century AD.[1][2]
Díseart Diarmada | |
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  Location within Ireland | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Castledermot Friary |
| Order | Franciscan |
| Established | Prior to 1247 |
| Disestablished | 1540 |
| Diocese | Kildare and Leighlin |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Walter de Riddlesford II (d.1238/9) |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Abandoned |
| Heritage designation | National Monument |
| Style | Irish Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | Prior to 1247 |
| Site | |
| Location | Abbey Street, Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 52.908556°N 6.837141°W |
| Public access | yes |
References
- "Franciscan friary, Castledermot", Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)
- "Castledermot Franciscan Friary | Monastic Ireland". www.monastic.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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