Places of St Augustine in Ireland

12 sites named after or linked to St Augustine in the Archaeological Survey: 8 abbeys & friaries, 2 monastic sites, 1 holy wells, 1 ancient churches.

Folklore on ErinSites is quoted from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland (or, when marked, from visitors). It records what people said or believed about a place; it is not presented as historical fact.

• Saint Augustine's Well Holy well · Callan North, Co. Kilkenny
• Killone Abbey Abbey or friary · Newhall, Co. Clare

  Killone nunnery first appears in the Annals of Inishfallen in 1260, when it is recorded that “Slaney, O’Bryan’s daughter, abbess of Kill Eoin, chief in devotion, alms-deeds and hospitality of all women in Munster, died.” Slaney is believed to have been the…

• Abbey of St. Mary de Portu Patrum, Annaghdown Abbey or friary · Eanach Dhúin, Co. Galway
• Innisfallen Church, Oratories & Abbey Monastic site · Innisfallen, Co. Kerry

  Late 12th/early 13th-century abbey of Canons Regular of St Augustine dedicated to St Mary on or near the site of an early medieval monastery reputedly founded in the 6th century AD by St Finan (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970; Calendar of Cashel after O'Donovan 1841).

• Kilcolman Religious House Abbey or friary · Abbeylands,Kilcolman (Trughanacmy By.), Co. Kerry
• St. Michael's Priory, Ballinskelligs Abbey or friary · Baile An Sceilg, Co. Kerry
• Grangefertagh Priory Church Abbey or friary · Grangefertagh, Co. Kilkenny
• Tubbrid Upper Church Ancient church · Tubbrid Upper, Co. Kilkenny
• Inchcleraun Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site Monastic site · Inchcleraun, Co. Longford

  According to legend, the island is named after Clothra, sister of the mythical Medbh/Meave, Queen of Connaught but in the 19th century it was known as ‘Quaker’s Island’ (AFM vol. 3, 98).

• Ballyboggan Priory Abbey or friary · Ballyboggan, Co. Meath
• Athassel Priory Abbey or friary · Athasselabbey North, Co. Tipperary
• Augustinian Priory, Dungarvan Abbey or friary · Abbeyside, Co. Waterford