Roscommon Abbey

Roscommon Abbey is a former Augustinian/Dominican Priory and National Monument placed in Roscommon, Ireland. Roscommon Abbey is located in the southwest of Roscommon metropolis. Roscommon Abbey is an early monastic web site, based inside the 6th century by St Comman, a disciple of Finnian of Clonard. Roscommon Abbey was a monastery of the Augustinian Canons Regular Arroasian founded after 1140, likely with Arroasian reformation 1140-8 through Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair at the instance of Saint Malachy.

Roscommon Abbey turned into plundered by using William de Burgh in 1204 and burned by using the Anglo-Normans in 1235 and 1247. Roscommon Abbey became a Dominican priory founded in 1253 through Fedlim Ó Conchobair, king of Connacht. It turned into plundered by way of Mac William de Burgo 1260. It become hit via fire in 1270 and lightning in 1308. Roscommon Abbey become dissolved earlier than 1578; granted to Sir Nicholas Malby in 1578 and to Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia in 1615.