What is recorded here
Franciscan friary in Demesne OF Down; Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland. The facts list several Downpatrick houses, including St Thomas the Martyr's Priory and Cruciferi Priory, but do not identify which one is Franciscan or give it a date. Perhaps a small friary stood beside the older priories, sending lean brothers into the town while the larger churches kept their ceremonies. If so, it joined a crowded religious landscape where rivalry and charity shared the same streets.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as FRANCISCAN FRIARY. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL; MED/L.MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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