Priory of All Hallows

The Priory of All Hallows (or Priory of All Saints) was a monastic foundation just outside Dublin, Ireland.[1][2]

History

Priory

All Hallows was founded in 1166 by the King of Leinster, Dermot MacMurrough, in an area known as "Hoggin Green"[1] or "Hogges Green" or "Le Hogges",[2] just outside the small walled city of Dublin. It was an Araosian (Augustinian) foundation, with canons regular. The priory was one of the most important, and over time became one of the wealthiest, religious establishments in the vicinity of Dublin, along with the Priory of St. John the Baptist (Thomas Street), the Priory of the Holy Trinity and St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin (as well as the more remote foundations such as Grace Dieu Abbey).

During the enforced Reformation of Ireland by the British Crown, as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the priory was closed and in 1538 the buildings and lands were granted, for a Crown head rent of 4 pounds, 3 shillings and a halfpenny, to the mayor and corporation of Dublin[1] on behalf of the citizens.[3]

Trinity College

Archbishop Loftus asked the mayor to grant the All Hallows lands, then generating a rent of only 20 pounds a year for the city, for the use of a college and when this was done, he employed Henry Ussher to appeal to Elizabeth I of England for a charter for a college and a licence for the land, which was granted in December 1591.[3] This new foundation became Trinity College, Dublin of which Archibishop Loftus became first Provost.[2]

Natural features

The River Steyne or Stein ran along the western edge of the priory lands, and one of two bridges over the small river was around the location of the current main entrance to Trinity College, with a watermill nearby.

Artifacts

A tile from the original priory is in a collection of the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.[4]

External sources

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Warburton, Whitelaw and Walsh (1818). History of the City of Dublin, etc. London: Cadell & Davies. pp. 353–357 (esp.).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapters of Dublin, Chapter IV: Trinity College, by Samuel A. Ossory Fitzpatrick
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nicholas Patrick Wiseman (1838). The Dublin review, Volume 4. p. 285.
  4. ↑ "Historical Objects". Trinity College, Dublin.