Castledermot Abbey
Mainistir Dhíseart Diarmada | |
 | |
  Location within Castledermot  Location within Ireland | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other name | Castledermot Friary |
| Order | Franciscan |
| Established | Prior to 1247 |
| Disestablished | 1540 |
| Diocese | Kildare and Leighlin |
| People | |
| Founder | 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°54′31″N 6°50′14″W / 52.908556°N 6.837141°W |
| Public access | yes |
Castledermot Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Dhíseart Diarmada)[1] is a ruined Franciscan friary in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland. It was founded at some point before 1247. A previous monastery had been founded on the same site by Diarmait, a son of Áed Róin, King of Ulster, in the ninth century AD.
History
The abbey sits on the site of a previous monastery founded by Diarmait, a son of Áed Róin, King of Ulster, in the ninth century AD.[2][3] The friary was founded by Walter de Riddlesford the Younger at some point prior to 1247.[4]
References
Notes
- ↑ "Díseart Diarmada/Castledermot". logainm.ie. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ↑ "Franciscan friary, Castledermot", Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)
- ↑ "Castledermot Franciscan Friary | Monastic Ireland". www.monastic.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ Greene & Condit 2020, p. 5.
Sources
- Greene, Sharon; Condit, Emer (June 2020). "Heritage Guide No. 89: Castledermot". Archaeology Ireland: 1–6. JSTOR 26934596.