Event: European Heritage Open Days - Armagh Friary
Date: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th September 2024
Time: See Below
Location: Friary Road, Armagh, BT60 4EL
Price: FREE
European Heritage Open Days - Armagh Friary
Armagh Friary will be open:
Saturday 14 September 2024, 9.30am - 4.30pm
Sunday 15th September 2024, 9.30am - 4.30pm
Armagh Franciscan Friary was founded by Archbishop Patrick O' Scannail in 1263/64. It had prominent patrons in the city and the Franciscans played an important part in the city's religious life until the Friary was suppressed in 1542 with the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII.
Some religious life continued, but the buildings were involved in warfare later in the 16th Century and were ruined by 1600. Two empty graves and two tomb recesses near the east end are reminders of the important patrons buried in the Friary Church, including Gormlaith O'Donnell, wife of Domhnail O'Neill, who died in 1353.The Friary is located at the south-east edge of Armagh and can be found at the entrance to the Palace Demesne.
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