Cill Dara · Leinster · 2 places
County Kildare (Cill Dara) in Leinster features 2 mapped abbeys & monasteries, led by Bolton Abbey and Castledermot Friary (ruins). Across these 2 listings, 2 feature verified photography and 2 include mapped nearby public parking. Historic monastic settlements, friaries, and ruined abbeys.
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Bolton Abbey, Moone, County Kildare is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1965. It was established by monks from Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, and became an independent monastery and abbey in 1977. The monastery works a dairy farm on its property. The farm and house were donated by Dr. Robert Farnan. The monastery was established by Fr Ambrose Farrington and Br Kieran Dooley from Roscrea and officially opened in 1965. In 2015 it celebrated its 50th anniversary.
Castledermot Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Dhíseart Diarmada) 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.