Gráine
Community ID:
1128
Alternate Names:
Granyd / nuns' monastery of Tane / Graney
Diocese:
Dublin
Region:
Kildare
Modern Location:
Graney in south of co. Kildare, near Castledermot / in deaconry of Omorthi
Corporate Status:
Priory / Abbey before 1476
Dedication:
Saint Mary
Date Founded:
1200 (circa)
Date Terminated:
1539 (7 Feb)
Religious Order:
Augustinian (Arrouasian)
Foundation Information:
Walter I de Riddlesford
Notable Heads:
Margery, prioress 1409 / Egidia Wale, last abbess
Visitations:
Charter of confirmation by Innocent III 1207
Patrons/Benefactors:
several
Secular Political Affiliations:
Charter of Confirmation by K. John 1207
Assets/Property:
1540 valued at 73 pounds, 13 shillings, 4 pence gross, 67 pounds net, not including acreage / possessions included 100 messuages and 20 carucates of land
Charitable/Work:
1409 granted permission by Henry IV to converse with, shelter and give or sell provisions or clothing to Irish enemies and English rebels by whom convent was surrounded on all sides
Secondary Sources:
Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 6 Part 2, 1124-26.
Contributors:
R. Eickwort
Date Started:
1200
Date Finished:
1539
Length:
559
