Kilconnell Abbey
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Mainistir Chill Chonaill | |
 The south range of the friary in 2009 | |
| Monastery information | |
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| Order | Franciscan |
| Established | 1353 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Inactive |
| Official name | Kilconnell Abbey |
| Reference no. | 47 |
Kilconnell or Killconnell Abbey(Irish: Mainistir Chill Chonaill) is a ruined medieval Franciscan friary located in Kilconnell, County Galway, Ireland.
History
[edit]Kilconnell Abbey was founded by William Buí O'Kelly between 1353[1] and 1414. The Observant reform was introduced at some point prior to 1464.[2] In the 1680s the abbey underwent repairs.[3]
Following the Bishops' Banishment Act of 1697, the Franciscan community largely dispersed from the area.[4] Though local tradition identifies the departure of the monks from the abbey as being just before the Battle of Aughrim in 1691, in reality the friars were present until at least 1766, when there were ten friars working in the area, though by 1801 the last of the friars had left the area.[2]
Writing in 1901, the abbey ruins were described as being in a near perfect state of preservation.[5] In 1978, Patrick Conlan stated that though the some sections of the cloister were missing, the east range of the convent and the church (including the tower and transept chancel) were complete.[2]
Historical artefacts
[edit]A number of artefacts, including chalices and several books were associated with the friary.[6] One of these chalices, known as the Frances Guiffe chalice, dates from 1638 and is in the keeping of the University College Dublin.[7][8] Another, the Irish Provincial Chalice, also known as the Terlagh O Briene chalice is in possession of the Australian Catholic University.[9]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "Kilconnell Franciscan Friary | Monastic Ireland". Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ a b c Conlan 1978, p. 92.
- ^ Gillespie 2009, p. 72.
- ^ Gillespie 2009, p. 74.
- ^ Bigger 1901, p. 145.
- ^ Jennings 1944.
- ^ Krasnodębska-D'Aughton 2009.
- ^ Blake 1928, p. 28.
- ^ "Irish Provincial Chalice". artsandculture.acu.edu.au. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
Sources
[edit]- Bigger, Francis Joseph (1901). "The Franciscan Friary of Killconnell, in the County of Galway. Its History and its Ruins". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. 1 (3): 145–167. ISSN 0332-415X – via JSTOR.
- Blake, Martin J. (1928). "Some Old Silver Chalices Connected with the Counties of Galway and Mayo". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 18 (1): 22–43. ISSN 0035-9106.
- Conlan, Patrick (1978). Franciscan Ireland. Dublin and Cork: The Mercier Press. p. 92. ISBN 0 85342 514 0.
- Gillespie, Raymond (2009). "The Irish Franciscans, 1600–1700". In Bhreathnach, Edel; MacMahon OFM, Joseph; McCafferty, John (eds.). The Irish Franciscans 1534–1990. Dublin: Four Courts Press. pp. 45–76. ISBN 978-1-84682-210-0.
- Jennings, Brendan (1944). "The Chalices and Books of Kilconnell Abbey". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. 21 (1/2): 63–70. ISSN 0332-415X.
- Krasnodębska-D'Aughton, Małgorzata (8 December 2009). "Francis Guiffe Chalice". University College Dublin Library. doi:10.7925/drs1.ivrla_30031. Retrieved 27 July 2022.