Burrishoole Friary
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Burrishoole Friary (Irish: Minister Bhuiríos Umhaill) was a Dominican friary in County Mayo, Ireland. Its ruin is a National Monument.
Burrishoole Friary was founded c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". by Richard de Burgo of Turlough, Lord MacWilliam Oughter. It was built without the permission of Pope Paul II (term 1464-1471). In 1486, Pope Innocent VIII (term 1484-1492) instructed Uilliam Seóighe, the Archbishop of Tuam (term 1485-1501) to forgive the friars. [1]
The church and the eastern wall of the cloister remain. The grounds of the friary are an actively used cemetery.Template:Fact
Burrishoole Friary is a few kilometers west of the town of Newport, County Mayo. It is often called Burrishoole Abbey, although this colloquial name is inaccurate as because the Dominican order did not have abbots, Dominican houses are not technically abbeys.Template:Fact
Gallery
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Cloister
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South transept and nave
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Tower
See also
- Dominicans in Ireland
- List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Mayo)
- Images of Burrishoole friary
Notes
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References
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- Monument sign in front of the Friary
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- Buildings and structures completed in 1470
- History of County Mayo
- Buildings and structures in County Mayo
- 1470 establishments in Ireland
- Religion in County Mayo
- Tourist attractions in County Mayo
- Dominican monasteries in the Republic of Ireland
- Ruins in the Republic of Ireland
- Christian monasteries established in the 1470s
- National monuments in County Mayo