Burrishoole Friary ( Irish: ''Minister Bhuiríos Umhaill'') was a Dominican

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. Its ruin is a

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. Burrishoole Friary was founded by Richard de Burgo of Turlough, Lord MacWilliam Oughter. It was built without the permission of

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(term 1464-1471). In 1486,

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(term 1484-1492) instructed Uilliam Seóighe, the

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(term 1485-1501) to forgive the friars. The church and the eastern wall of the

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remain. The grounds of the friary are an actively used

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. Burrishoole Friary is a few kilometers west of the town of

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. It is often called Burrishoole Abbey, although this colloquial name is inaccurate as because the

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did not have

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s, Dominican houses are not technically

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