List of Abbeys and Priories in Ireland - Abbreviations and Key

Abbreviations and Key

The sites listed are ruins or fragmentary
remains unless indicated thus:-
* indicates current monastic function
+ indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function
^ indicates current non-ecclesiastic function
= indicates remains incorporated into later structure
# indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~ indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown
Trusteeship denoted as follows:-
NM National Monument
C.I. Church of Ireland
R.C. Roman Catholic Church
Other abbreviations
before after
transferred removed
circa (about) founded
dissolved flourished
expelled refounded
built destroyed
probably possibly

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