Castledermot Abbey

Castledermot Abbey

Mainistir Dhíseart Diarmada
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Monastery information
Other names	Castledermot Friary
Order	Franciscan
Established	Prior to 1247
Disestablished	1540
Diocese	Kildare and Leighlin
People
Founder(s)	Walter de Riddlesford II (d.1238/9)
Architecture
Functional status	Abandoned
Heritage designation	National Monument
Style	Irish Gothic
Groundbreaking	Prior to 1247
Site
Location	Abbey Street, Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland
Coordinates	52.908556°N 6.837141°W / 52.908556; -6.837141
Public access	yes
National monument of Ireland
Official name	Castledermot Abbey
Reference no.	200[1]

Castledermot Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Dhíseart Diarmada)^[2] is a ruined Franciscan friary in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland. It was founded at some point before 1247. A previous monastery had been founded on the same site by Diarmait, a son of Áed Róin, King of Ulster, in the ninth century AD.

History

The abbey sits on the site of a previous monastery founded by Diarmait, a son of Áed Róin, King of Ulster, in the ninth century AD.^[3][4] The friary was founded by Walter de Riddlesford the Younger at some point prior to 1247.^[5]

References

Notes

1. "National Monuments of County Kildare in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 1. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
2. "Díseart Diarmada/Castledermot". logainm.ie. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
3. "Franciscan friary, Castledermot", Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)
4. "Castledermot Franciscan Friary | Monastic Ireland". www.monastic.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
5. Greene & Condit 2020, p. 5.

Sources

• Greene, Sharon; Condit, Emer (June 2020). "Heritage Guide No. 89: Castledermot". Archaeology Ireland: 1–6 – via JSTOR.