Odra
Community ID: 
 
1166
 
Alternate Names: 
 
Odder / Odra Temrach / Odra eter Odraib
 
Town: 
 
Odder
 
Diocese: 
 
Meath
 
Region: 
 
Meath
 
Medieval Location: 
 
south of Tara
 
Modern Location: 
 
Odder townland, in parish of Tara
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Priory / Abbey after circa 1383
 
Dedication: 
 
Saint Odra / St Brigid of Odder
 
Date Founded: 
 
1144 (circa) (needs verification)
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1539 (16 or 31 July)
 
Religious Order: 
 
Augustinian (Arrouasian)
 
Notable Heads: 
 

Matilda Methe, abbess, died before 1383 / Johanna, abbess, 1384, abbess of Clonard 1380 / Elizabeth, abbess, 1478 / Margaret Silke (Shylke), last abbess, surrendered 16 July 1539

 
Dependent Communities: 
 

Calliaghstown (Calliaghstown) after ca. 1383 / Cluain Iraird (Clonard) after ca. 1384 / Termonn Feichín (Termonfeckin) after ca. 1383

 
Dependency Of: 
 

dependency Cluain Iraird (Clonard) until 1383

 
Visitations: 
 

1418 prior of Louth had first voice in electing abbess of Odder

 
Patrons/Benefactors: 
 

the Barnewalls, 14th century

 
Secular Political Affiliations: 
 

1478 Edward IV directed that Odder should have certain advantages if they did not receive any of the king's enemies by day or by night

 
Assets/Property: 
 

1540: demesne 175 acres, 5 messuages; other property 430 acres, 6 messuages, some cottages, rectory of Odder, cell of Clonard, Kellaughton (Calliaghstown) near Duleek, Callaghton near Kels, and Callaghton mear Fore, total val. 36 pounds 5 shillings 4 pence gross,

 
Manuscript Sources: 
 

The book of Lecan. Leabhar mór Mhic Fhir Bhisigh Leacain, 758.

 
Published Primary Sources: 
 

The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, 271, 311; 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. 246.

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Revue celtique xxv. 26, 35.

 
Miscellaneous Information: 
 

dedication to St. Brigid suggests early monastery but no other evidence: Medieval Religious Houses, Ireland: With an Appendix to Early Sites, 399.

 
Contributors: 
 
R. Eickwort
 
Date Started: 
 
1144
 
Date Finished: 
 
1539
 
Length: 
 
963