Castledermot Abbey () is a ruined

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Castledermot Castledermot () is an inland village in the south-east of Ireland in County Kildare, about from Dublin, and from the town of Carlow. The N9 road from Dublin to Waterford previously passed through the village but upon completion of a motorway ...

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. It was founded at some point before 1247. A previous monastery had been founded on the same site by Diarmait, a son of

Áed Róin Áed Róin mac Bécce Bairrche (died 735) was the Dál Fiatach ruler of the over-kingdom of Ulaid in Ireland. He reigned from 708 to 735. He was the son of Bécc Bairrche mac Blathmaic, (died 718), a previous king of Ulaid who had abdicated in 707 ...

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, in the ninth century AD.

History

The abbey sits on the site of a previous monastery founded by Diarmait, a son of

, in the ninth century AD. The friary was founded by Walter de Riddlesford the Younger at some point prior to 1247.

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* {{authority control Franciscan monasteries in the Republic of Ireland Archaeological sites in County Kildare National Monuments in County Kildare