Kinalehin Friary

Kinalehin Friary
	Cenél Féichín
	Side chapels
	Location within Ireland
Monastery information
Other names	Domo dei; Kilnalahan; Kinaleghin; Kenaloyn; Cenel-Feichin; Cineoil-Feichin; Kilnalekin; Kinelfeichin
Order	Carthusian Order (c.1252–c.1341); Order of Friars Minor Conventual (c.1371–1540); Observant Franciscan Friars (1611–1700s)
Established	c.1252; refounded c.1371, 1611
Disestablished	c.1341, 1540, 1700s
Mother house	Hinton Charterhouse (Carthusian era)
Diocese	Clonfert
People
Founder(s)	John de Cogan
Architecture
Status	Inactive
Style	Late Gothic, Romanesque
Site
Location	Friary, Abbey, County Galway
Coordinates	53.102644°N 8.392537°W
Visible remains	abbey church, cloister
Public access	yes
National Monument of Ireland
Official name	Kilnalekin Abbey
Reference no.	554

Kinalehin Friary (Irish: Mainistir Chineál Fhéichín) is a medieval Carthusian (and later Franciscan) friary and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.

It was Ireland's only Carthusian monastery.[1]

Location

Kinalehin Friary is located 6.7 km (4.2 mi) west of Ballyshrule, northwest of Lough Derg and south of the Duniry River.[2]

History

Kinalehin was founded c. 1252 by John de Cogan for the Carthusians.[3] The first monks came over from Hinton Charterhouse and/or Witham Friary, both located in Somerset. It was purportedly destroyed in 1279 and if so, rebuilt soon after.[4]

In 1306 Kinalehin was sold to the Knights Hospitaller, but the sale appears never to have completed.[5] It was dissolved by the General Chapter (Grande Chartreuse) in 1321 and the diocese of Clonfert took possession in 1341.

Around 1371 Pope Gregory XI granted permission to the de Burgos to refound it, this time with the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.

Kinalehin was shut down in the Dissolution of the Monasteries of 1540. The monastic lands were purchased from Elizabeth I by Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde, who retained it for the friars. It was dissolved before 1609.

It was again refounded in 1611 for the Observant Franciscan Friars. In 1629 An Leabhar Breac, a famous manuscript of the 15th century, was held at Kinalehin.[6]

The friars were expelled after the Cromwellian conquest but returned during the time of Charles II.

Buildings

The archaeological remains are mainly Franciscan, although some Carthusian elements remain as earthworks.[7][8]

The surviving remains consist of cloister, choir and three chapels.

nave arches
Cloister and arches
Cloister and remnants of tower, with fireplace visible

References

McDermott, Yvonne. "Kinalehin, Co. Galway: a history of Ireland's only Carthusian priory and its conversion to a Franciscan friary". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
"Site details: Kinalehin - Monastic Ireland - A Comprehensive Database of Sites and Sources". monie.tth2.co.uk.
Greene, J. Patrick (1 October 2005). "Medieval Monasteries". Bloomsbury Publishing – via Google Books.
http://www.libraryireland.com/articles/carthusian/CarthusiansinIreland.html
Stevens, John; Moll, Herman (14 May 2018). "Monasticon Hibernicum. Or, The Monastical History of Ireland: Containing, I. All the Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, and Other Regular Communities which Were in that Kingdom. II. The Time When, and the Titles Under Which, They Were Founded. III. The Name and Quality of Their Founders. IV. The Provinces, Counties, Cities Or Towns in which They Were Seated. V. The Several Regular Orders to which They Belong'd, and the Most Remarkable Circumstances Relating to Their Foundation and Suppression. VI. Historical and Critical Observations, and Draughts of Their Several Habits, with a Map of Ireland." William Mears at the Lamb without Temple-Bar. – via Google Books.
Duffy, Sean (5 July 2017). "Routledge Revivals: Medieval Ireland (2005): An Encyclopedia". Routledge – via Google Books.
"4196 « Excavations". www.excavations.ie.
Duffy, Seán (15 January 2005). "Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia". Routledge – via Google Books.

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[1] McDermott, Yvonne. "Kinalehin, Co. Galway: a history of Ireland's only Carthusian priory and its conversion to a Franciscan friary". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] "Site details: Kinalehin - Monastic Ireland - A Comprehensive Database of Sites and Sources". monie.tth2.co.uk.

[3] Greene, J. Patrick (1 October 2005). "Medieval Monasteries". Bloomsbury Publishing – via Google Books.

[4] ttp://www.libraryireland.com/articles/carthusian/CarthusiansinIreland.html

[5] Stevens, John; Moll, Herman (14 May 2018). "Monasticon Hibernicum. Or, The Monastical History of Ireland: Containing, I. All the Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, and Other Regular Communities which Were in that Kingdom. II. The Time When, and the Titles Under Which, They Were Founded. III. The Name and Quality of Their Founders. IV. The Provinces, Counties, Cities Or Towns in which They Were Seated. V. The Several Regular Orders to which They Belong'd, and the Most Remarkable Circumstances Relating to Their Foundation and Suppression. VI. Historical and Critical Observations, and Draughts of Their Several Habits, with a Map of Ireland." William Mears at the Lamb without Temple-Bar. – via Google Books.

[6] Duffy, Sean (5 July 2017). "Routledge Revivals: Medieval Ireland (2005): An Encyclopedia". Routledge – via Google Books.

[7] "4196 « Excavations". www.excavations.ie.

[8] Duffy, Seán (15 January 2005). "Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia". Routledge – via Google Books.