Donegal Abbey

Donegal Abbey is a ruined Franciscan Priory in Donegal in Ireland. It was constructed via the O'Donnell dynasty in the fifteenth century. It is every so often referred to as Donegal Friary. It becomes built in 1474 on the orders of the main Gaelic lord of the place, the ruler of Tyrconnell Hugh Dubh O'Donnell and his spouse Finola O'Brien. During the 1580s the Abbey turned into ransacked by way of the Sheriff of Donegal William Mostian and his brother Hugh Mostian.

Hugh might later cross on to served as a mercenary for the O'Donnell family. In the 9 Years' War, the Abbey changed into used for a assembly among the rise up leadership and envoys of the Spanish King Philip II. The Abbey changed into the scene of combating at some point of the 1601 Siege of Donegal when a force led by way of Red Hugh O'Donnell attempted to seize the metropolis from Crown forces led by means of the Gaelic warrior Niall Garve O'Donnell. During the fighting Niall Garve's younger brother Conn O'Donnell changed into killed.