Cenél Féichín | |
Monastery information | |
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Other names | Domo dei; Kilnalahan; Kinaleghin; Kenaloyn; Cenel-Feichin; Cineoil-Feichin; Kilnalekin; Kinelfeichin |
Order |
Carthusian Order (c.1252–c.1341) Order of Friars Minor Conventual (c.1371–1540) Observant Franciscan Friars (1611–1700s) |
Established | c.1252; refounded c.1371, 1611 |
Disestablished | c.1341, 1540, 1700s |
Mother house | Hinton Charterhouse (Carthusian era) |
Diocese | Clonfert |
People | |
Founder(s) | John de Cogan |
Architecture | |
Status | Inactive |
Style | Late Gothic, Romanesque |
Site | |
Location | Friary, Abbey, County Galway |
Coordinates | 53°06′10″N 8°23′33″W / 53.102644°N 8.392537°W |
Visible remains | abbey church, cloister |
Public access | yes |
Official name | Kilnalekin Abbey |
Reference no. | 554 |
Kinalehin Friary (also Kinaleghin; Irish: Mainistir Chineál Fhéichín), originally a medieval charterhouse or Carthusian monastery and later a Franciscan friary, is a National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Kinalehin Charterhouse was Ireland's only Carthusian monastery. [1]
Kinalehin Friary is located 6.7 km (4.2 mi) west of Ballyshrule, northwest of Lough Derg and south of the Duniry River. [2]
Kinalehin was founded c. 1252 by John de Cogan for the Carthusians. [3] The first monks came over from Hinton Charterhouse and/or Witham Friary, both located in Somerset. It was purportedly destroyed in 1279 and if so, rebuilt soon after. [4]
In 1306 Kinalehin was sold to the Knights Hospitaller, but the sale appears never to have completed. [5] It was dissolved by the General Chapter (Grande Chartreuse) in 1321 and the diocese of Clonfert took possession in 1341.[ citation needed]
Around 1371 Pope Gregory XI granted permission to the de Burgos to refound it, this time with the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.[ citation needed]
Kinalehin was shut down in the Dissolution of the Monasteries of 1540. The monastic lands were purchased from Elizabeth I by Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde, who retained it for the friars. It was dissolved before 1609.[ citation needed]
It was again refounded in 1611 for the Observant Franciscan Friars. In 1629 An Leabhar Breac, a famous manuscript of the 15th century, was held at Kinalehin. [6]
The friars were expelled after the Cromwellian conquest but returned during the time of Charles II.[ citation needed]
The archaeological remains are mainly Franciscan, although some Carthusian elements remain as earthworks. [7] [8]
The surviving remains consist of cloister, choir and three chapels.
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Cenél Féichín | |
Monastery information | |
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Other names | Domo dei; Kilnalahan; Kinaleghin; Kenaloyn; Cenel-Feichin; Cineoil-Feichin; Kilnalekin; Kinelfeichin |
Order |
Carthusian Order (c.1252–c.1341) Order of Friars Minor Conventual (c.1371–1540) Observant Franciscan Friars (1611–1700s) |
Established | c.1252; refounded c.1371, 1611 |
Disestablished | c.1341, 1540, 1700s |
Mother house | Hinton Charterhouse (Carthusian era) |
Diocese | Clonfert |
People | |
Founder(s) | John de Cogan |
Architecture | |
Status | Inactive |
Style | Late Gothic, Romanesque |
Site | |
Location | Friary, Abbey, County Galway |
Coordinates | 53°06′10″N 8°23′33″W / 53.102644°N 8.392537°W |
Visible remains | abbey church, cloister |
Public access | yes |
Official name | Kilnalekin Abbey |
Reference no. | 554 |
Kinalehin Friary (also Kinaleghin; Irish: Mainistir Chineál Fhéichín), originally a medieval charterhouse or Carthusian monastery and later a Franciscan friary, is a National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Kinalehin Charterhouse was Ireland's only Carthusian monastery. [1]
Kinalehin Friary is located 6.7 km (4.2 mi) west of Ballyshrule, northwest of Lough Derg and south of the Duniry River. [2]
Kinalehin was founded c. 1252 by John de Cogan for the Carthusians. [3] The first monks came over from Hinton Charterhouse and/or Witham Friary, both located in Somerset. It was purportedly destroyed in 1279 and if so, rebuilt soon after. [4]
In 1306 Kinalehin was sold to the Knights Hospitaller, but the sale appears never to have completed. [5] It was dissolved by the General Chapter (Grande Chartreuse) in 1321 and the diocese of Clonfert took possession in 1341.[ citation needed]
Around 1371 Pope Gregory XI granted permission to the de Burgos to refound it, this time with the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.[ citation needed]
Kinalehin was shut down in the Dissolution of the Monasteries of 1540. The monastic lands were purchased from Elizabeth I by Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde, who retained it for the friars. It was dissolved before 1609.[ citation needed]
It was again refounded in 1611 for the Observant Franciscan Friars. In 1629 An Leabhar Breac, a famous manuscript of the 15th century, was held at Kinalehin. [6]
The friars were expelled after the Cromwellian conquest but returned during the time of Charles II.[ citation needed]
The archaeological remains are mainly Franciscan, although some Carthusian elements remain as earthworks. [7] [8]
The surviving remains consist of cloister, choir and three chapels.
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