Clare Abbey, also known as Clareabbey, is a ruined Augustinian monastery located near the Town of Ennis, along the banks of the Fergus River, and about a mile north of Clarecastle in County Clare, Ireland. The Abbey, founded in 1189, was the largest and most important of the Augustinian monasteries in County Clare.

Clare Abbey is one of a number of Augustinian houses in the River Fergus valley and estuary, along with Canon Island, Killone nunnery and a small house in Inchicronan Lake.

Clare Abbey are ruins of an old monastery located near Ennis town, in Clare County, in Western Ireland. It was an Augustinian Monastery, which was founded in the 12th Century and it was abandoned about the 17th Century.

Clareabbey (also known as Clare Abbey) is an Augustinian monastery ruin located to the west of the River Fergus at the end of a narrow slip road at the south east corner of the town of Ennis. When in operation it was the largest and most important of Co. Clare’s Augustinian monasteries.

Established by Donal Mor O’Brien in 1189, the abbey at Clarecastle, County Clare was the first, largest and most important Augustinian house in the region. When the charter was re-confirmed in 1461, the abbey was dedicated to saints Peter and Paul.

The abbey is one of four Augustinian houses in the county (the others are Inchicronan, Canon Island and Kilshanny) and there are the remains of an Augustinian nunnery at Killone. Clareabbey was founded in 1189 under the patronage of Donal Mór O’Brien, king of Thomond, and became an important ecclesiastical centre in the medieval diocese of ...

Clareabbey (Irish: Mainistir an Chláir[1]) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland, named after the former Augustinian monastery of Clare Abbey. The main settlement in the town of Clarecastle. Clareabbey lies in the barony of Islands. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Ennis, and contains the town of Clarecastle (or simply Clare).

Clare Abbey is a ruined Augustinian Monastery located near Ennis, along the banks of the River Fergus, and was the first, largest and most important Augustinian House in Co Clare. It was founded some time prior to 1189, possibly by Donal ‘the Great’ O’Brien, King of Thomond, who confirms the foundation in a 12thC charter.

Clare Abbey is located a short distance from the town of Ennis. To visit the abbey, take the signposted exit at Clareabbey Roundabout, and the abbey is located 1km down the road that runs alongside the N85.

Clare Abbey, also known as Clareabbey, is a ruined Augustinian monastery located near the Town of Ennis, along the banks of the Fergus River, and about a mile north of Clarecastle in County Clare, Ireland. The Abbey, founded in 1189, was the largest and most important of the Augustinian monasteries in County Clare.