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Trinitarian Abbey
Founded by the Fitzgerald's around the year 1230 for the Trinitarian Canons of the Order of the Redemption of Captives, it was the only house of the Order in Ireland. It was suppressed in 1535 and gradually fell into ruin in 1811, part of the building, consisting of the tower, nave and choir, was restored by the First Earl of Dunraven and given to the Catholics of Adare as their parish church and remains so to this day.
Augustinian Priory
Founded in 1315 by John Fitzgerald, son of the Earl of Kildare, and restored in 1807 by the first Earl of Dunraven, this monastery has since been used as the Church of Ireland.
