Nunnery

A monastery known as 'Ceall Braighe Uallaighe' was probably taken over by the Third Order of Regular Franciscans before 1487 when it was plundered by Aodh Rua O'Donnell (AFM vol. 4, 1153). There is no record of any structures or that it was a nunnery, or of its supression, but in 1582 60 acres belonging to the church was leased to a Bryan McDermot (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 269). There was a local tradition in the 19th century that it was a nunnery (O'Flanagan 1837, vol. 2, 1). Situated in a fold in an undulating landscape. Rectangular graveyard (RO016-015002-) (dims 55.5m ENE-WSW; 36.5m NNW-ESE) defined by masonry walls contains burials from the 18th to the 20th centuries. There is no visible evidence of a church or other structures. Field system (RO-016-015003-) is in the surrounding area. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010