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Religious house

Religious house, Cistercian monks

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This record refers to one of two possible monastic granges in Dromard parish, Co. Sligo, which belonged to the Cistercian foundation (RO006-068005-) at Boyle, Co. Roscommon (Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 129). One of the granges may be in Ballinlig townland (SL019-181----), where there is a large rectangular enclosure defined by a fosse, traditionally known as 'the Abbey Field'; the location of the other is unknown. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 March 2023
Cistercian monastic grange, 12th–16th century. It reflects the agricultural and religious influence of the Cistercian order in medieval Ireland.

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