Castledermot Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Dhíseart Diarmada)[2] 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.
Mainistir Dhíseart Diarmada | |
Location within Castledermot Castledermot Abbey (Ireland) | |
Monastery information | |
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Other names | Castledermot Friary |
Order | Franciscan |
Established | Prior to 1247 |
Disestablished | 1540 |
Diocese | Kildare and Leighlin |
People | |
Founder(s) | Walter de Riddlesford II (d.1238/9) |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Abandoned |
Heritage designation | National Monument |
Style | Irish Gothic |
Groundbreaking | Prior to 1247 |
Site | |
Location | Abbey Street, Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland |
Coordinates | 52°54′31″N 6°50′14″W / 52.908556°N 6.837141°W |
Public access | yes |
Official name | Castledermot Abbey |
Reference no. | 200[1] |
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.[3][4] The friary was founded by Walter de Riddlesford the Younger at some point prior to 1247.[5]