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A Cistercian abbey was founded in Fermoy in the 13th century. At the dissolution of the monasteries during the Tudor period, the abbey and its lands passed through the following dynasties: Sir Richard Grenville, Robert Boyle and William Forward.
Fermoy (Irish: Mainistir Fhear Maí; [l 1] formerly also Armoy [1]) is a historical barony in County Cork in Ireland. [l 1] [1] It is bordered by the baronies of Orrery and Kilmore to the north-west; Duhallow to the west; Barretts to the south-west; Barrymore to the south; Condons and Clangibbon to the east; and Coshlea, County Limerick to the north.
This is a list of the monastic houses in County Cork, Ireland.. The smaller establishments such as monastic cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks) and camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templars and Knights Hospitallers) are included.
The first abbey built in Ireland was Mellifont Abbey, ... Fermoy Abbey, County Cork (1170 [20] Inislounaght (Suir)) Grey Abbey, Co, Down (1193 [21] Holmcultram Abbey)
The Carmelite friary was founded at Castlelyons c. 1307–09 by John de Barry, 4th Baron Barry, during the reign of Edward II as Lord of Ireland.He had been granted license by the king to alienate land for the Carmelites of Drogheda on 11 August 1309, but was without papal license until Pope John XXII granted one in 1324, and then the friary could be built.
Fermoy is the largest townland in the civil parish spanning 712.63 acres (2.8839 km²) [9] and the namesake for the town of Fermoy. It contains most of the town's schools including Loreto Catholic Secondary School, St Colman's College , Bishop Murphy Memorial School and Fermoy Educate Together National School.
Diana, Princess of Wales, was a great-great-granddaughter of the 1st Baron Fermoy through her mother, Frances Shand Kydd.Shand Kydd was the younger daughter of the 4th Baron Fermoy, a friend of King George VI and the elder of the twin sons of the American heiress Frances Ellen Work and her first husband, James Boothby Burke Roche, who, after their divorce, became the 3rd Baron Fermoy.
August 8 – St Macartan's Cathedral, Clogher, is created from the former abbey church. September 7 – Bernard O'Higgins is consecrated as Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin. Dissolution of the Monasteries – establishments dissolved include: Armagh Friary. Ballintubber Abbey. Claregalway Friary. Fermoy Monastery. Kells Abbey, Co. Antrim .