Burriscarra Abbey
{{short description|Carmelite priory in County Mayo, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox monastery
| name = Burriscarra Abbey
| other_names = Buirghes-ceinn-trachta
| native_name = Mainistir Bhuiríos Ceara
| native_name_lang = ga
| image = BurriscarraAbbey.jpg
| order = Carmelites
Order of Saint Augustine
| founder = Adam de Staunton
| established = 1298
| disestablished = 1607
| diocese = Tuam
| status = ruined
| style = Norman
| location = Castlecarra, Carnacon, County Mayo
| coordinates = {{coord|53.730929|-9.245740|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = Ireland
| public_access = Yes
| remains = Friary and church
| heritage_designation =
| embedded = {{Infobox designation list|embed=yes
| designation1 = National Monument of Ireland
| designation1_number = 222A
| designation1_offname = Burriscarra Abbey
}}
}}
Burriscarra Abbey is a former Carmelite Priory and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hudfAAAAcAAJ&q=Burriscarra+Abbey&pg=PA394|title=The Traveller's New Guide Through Ireland (etc.)|first=Anonymus|last=AC09922653|date=1 January 1819|publisher=Longman|via=Google Books}}
Location
Burriscarra Abbey is located 1.6 km (1 mile) west of Carnacon, on the northeast of Lough Carra.{{cite web|url=http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4427811/4346214|title=The Schools' Collection » Cnoc Aoibhinn (Mount Pleasant)|publisher=}}
History
Adam de Staunton, whose family later assumed the name MacEvilly (Mac Mhilidh) founded the Abbey {{circa|1298}} for the Carmelites.{{fact|date=November 2021}}
The abbey was abandoned before 1383 and in 1413 it was transferred by Pope Gregory XII to the Order of Saint Augustine who already had a friary in Ballinrobe. It was burned in 1430 but repaired soon after. It was usurped by the Cromwellians and in 1607 James I granted the land to John King, who sold it to Oliver Bowen in 1608. Later Charles II granted it to John King and then Sir Henry Lynch whose family kept it until the 19th century. It now belongs to the Office of Public Works who restored it in the 1960s.{{cite web|url=http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/en/towns-villages/ballintubber/ballintubber-history-historical-sites.html|title=Historical Sites, Ballintubber Co. Mayo, in the West of Ireland - mayo-ireland.ie|publisher=}}
The current remains are largely of the 15th century.{{Cite web |url=http://www.loughcarra.org/subject_content/history/burriscarra_abbey.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912023013/http://loughcarra.org/subject_content/history/burriscarra_abbey.pdf |archive-date=2016-09-12 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2015/10/10/burriscarra-friary-co-mayo/|title=Burriscarra Friary, Mayo, Ireland|first=Ed Hannon-Visions of the|last=Past|date=10 October 2015|publisher=}}
Building
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The lower church has some 13th century niches but much of it was rebuilt in the 15th century when the present windows were inserted.
The rectangular church has a south aisle with a two-arch arcade. It has a traceried east window and a piscina.
The cloister lies to the north of the church but there are no remains of an arcade.{{cite web|url=http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/mayo/burriscarra/burriscarra.html|title=Burriscarra Churches|publisher=}}
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