friaries around loughrea gort

William O'Kelly, Lord of Hy Many, founded this new friary for the Franciscans in 1353 on the site of an older monastery founded by St. Conall in the sixth century. The buildings consist of a church with nave, choir, south transept and aisle, and some domestic buildings.

The nave is entered by a finely moulded west doorway with a 15th century date. The north wall of the church has two fine tomb niches. That near the west door has well carved figures of Saints Johanes (John), Lodovic (...