Castledermot Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Dhíseart Diarmada)[1] 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.[2][3] The friary was founded by Walter de Riddlesford the Younger at some point prior to 1247.[4]
References
- 1."Díseart Diarmada/Castledermot". logainm.ie. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- 2."Franciscan friary, Castledermot", Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)
- 3."Castledermot Franciscan Friary | Monastic Ireland". www.monastic.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- 4.Greene & Condit 2020, p. 5.