Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Religious house - Carmelite friars
Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leighlinbridge
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Abbey (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.73563, -6.97719
- SMR number
- CW012-070005-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Carmelite Priory of St Mary. Considered to be site of earliest Carmelite foundation in Ireland (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 298). Located S of tower house (CW012-070003-). Suppressed in 1541 and used subsequently as a barracks. No visible trace. (Bradley 1989, 38).
References
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Bradley, J. and King, H.A. 1990 Urban archaeological survey - county Carlow. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.