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Straide Abbey

Mainistir na Sráide
Location in Ireland
Monastery information
Other names	Straide Abbey Abbey of Athletan
Order	Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) Dominican Order
Established	c. 1240
Disestablished	1858
Diocese	Tuam
People
Founder(s)	Jordan de Exeter
Architecture
Status	ruined
Style	Norman
Site
Location	Strade, County Mayo
Coordinates	53°55′17″N 9°07′44″W / 53.921478°N 9.128848°W / 53.921478; -9.128848
Visible remains	Church
Public access	Yes
National Monument of Ireland
Official name	Strade Abbey
Reference no.	172

Strade Abbey is a former Franciscan/Dominican monastery and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.

Location

Strade Abbey is located in the eastern part of Strade village.

History

Strade Friary was founded c. 1240 by Jordan de Exeter, or his son Stephen, at the bequest of Jordan's wife Basilia, daughter of Meyler de Bermingham. It was inhabited by the Order of Friars Minor (Observant Franciscan Friars), before being refounded by the Dominican Order in 1252/53. It was burned in 1254.

In 1266, Thomas, bishop of Lismore, acknowledges to have ‘received at Athlone, on July 2, 1266, from Friar Henry de Siscle and Friar John Matugan [Madden], of the Dominican convent of Athletan [Straide], the sum of 28½ marks, Crusademoney, collected by them and their brethren in their own district.

In 1434 Pope Eugene IV granted an indulgence to all who would give help towards the restoration of Strade Abbey.

Strade Friary was dissolved in 1578 and leased to James Garvey. In 1588 a lease of the abbey was granted to Patrick Barnewall for forty years.

In 1756, there were seven friars in Strade Abbey, and four in 1767. Fr. Patrick D. Kelly, the last of the friars of Strade, died c. 1858.

Building

The buildings that remain are of the 13th–15th centuries, including a magnificent tomb in the north part of the chancel.