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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