Ard Carna
Community ID: 
 
1181
 
Alternate Names: 
 
Ardcarn, Ardcarna, Ardcarne
 
Diocese: 
 
Elphin
 
Region: 
 
Roscommon
 
Medieval Location: 
 
near Loch Cé, was limit of diocese of Tuam according to Synod of Ráith Breasail (1110); was one of five sees of Connacht acc. to same synod . In Mag Luirg an Dagda
 
Modern Location: 
 
Ardcarn,4 miles E of Boyle
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Priory
 
Dedication: 
 
Saint Mary
 
Date Founded: 
 
1144 or later
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1590
 
Religious Order: 
 
Augustinian (Arrouasian)
 
Foundation Information: 
 

St. Malachy (needs verification)

 
Incorporated By: 
 

annexed to Cell Craobhnat around 1223 (needs verification) became incorporated or dependency (needs verification)

 
Patrons/Benefactors: 
 

church enlarged by Clarus Mag Mailin 1243

 
Assets/Property: 
 

1590: church, 2 houses of stone, 2 rectories, chapel

 
State Of Medieval Structure: 
 

church still in use

 
Manuscript Sources: 
 

Trinity College Dublin, H1.18: 58, 122; Trinity College Dublin, H5.32: 173 b, 174 a.

 
Published Primary Sources: 
 

The Martyrology of Tallaght: from the Book of Leinster and MS. 5100-4 in the Royal Library, Brussels17; Félire húi Gormáin. The martyrology of Gorman, 50; The Annals of Loch Cé : a Chronicle of Irish Affairs from A.D. 1014 to A.D. 1590, i. 328; Book of Fenagh, 178; Book of Leinster, 350; Martyrology of Donegal: A Calendar of the Saints of Ireland, 70; Acta sanctorum: veteris et maioris scotiæ sev hiberniæ sanctorum insulae, Partim ex variis per Europam MS. Codd. exscripta, partim ex antiquis monumentis & probatis Authoribus eruta & congesta; omnia Notis & Appendicibus illustrata, 562; Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster otherwise Annala Senait, Annals of Senat: a chronicle of Irish affairs from A.D. 431 to A.D. 1540, i. 40, ii. 274; Annala Rioghachta Eireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the Four masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616. Edited from mss. in the Library of the Royal Irish academy and of Trinity college, Dublin, with a translation, and copious notes,, iii. 298; Leabhar breac, the Speckled book,18; The genealogies, tribes, and customs of Hy-Fiachrach : commonly called O'Dowda's country. Now first published from the Book of Lecan, in the library of the Royal Irish academy, and from the genealogical manuscript of Duald MacFirbis, in the library of, 744; LinkAnnála Connacht. The Annals of Connacht, (A. D. 1224-1544 ), 1 b.

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

UiFiach [PN=4R001], 76; Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, ii. 340; Medieval Religious Houses, Ireland: With an Appendix to Early Sites, 310; De Hibernia & antiquitatibus ejus disquisitiones in quibus præter ea quæ de Hiberniâ antiquâ explicantur, mores & consuetudines Hibernorum, tàm veterum quàm mediorum temporum, describuntur, 217

 
Miscellaneous Information: 
 

double monastery

 
Contributors: 
 
R. Eickwort
 
Date Started: 
 
1144
 
Date Finished: 
 
1590
 
Length: 
 
905