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Creevelea Abbey
Situated near Dromahair, Co Leitrim, the abbey was founded in 1508 by Owen O’Rourke, Prince of Breifne.
It experienced very mixed fortunes from 1584 onwards and especially during the Cromwellian Settlement.
It eventually closed in 1680.