The Medieval Rural Settlement Project

The Medieval Rural Settlement Project commenced in 2002 to consider the nature of the archaeological landscape associated with rural Ireland in the period c. 1100-1650 AD. The Project has four principal modules, each of which will result in a significant monograph publication. The modules were chosen to represent a cross-section of the diverse…


Clane ‘Abbey’, Co. Kildare: this Franciscan friary was founded in the 1250s, probably by Gerald FitzMaurice, who was later buried here.

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