Dominican Monastery

Photograph of St. John's Church which is on the site of the Dominican Monastery

Photograph of St. John's Church scanned from collection in Longford County Library

Photograph of St. John's Church which is on the site of the Dominican Monastery

Photograph of St. John's Church which is on the site of the Dominican Monastery

Photograph of St. John's Church scanned from collection in Longford County Library

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At the beginning of the fifteenth century, Domhnall O'Farrell, Prince of Annaly set aside a cartron of land (60 acres) north of the Camlin for the purpose of building a monastery. The monastery known as Mainnistir Cartruin (Abbeycartron) housed monks of the Dominican order.
 

The monks cultivated the land, built a cornmill and contributed to the local community in a variety of ways.
 

The monastery was burned to the ground in 1429 and completely rebuilt in 1438 with the aid of Pope Eugene IV. After the suppression of the monasteries by Henry VIII in 1537, Mainnistir Cartruin ceased to exist. Nothing remains of the monastery today.