The convent is situated in the diocese of Killaloe and territory of Ormond. The town of Nenagh belonged in ancient times to the O'Kennedys, who are believed to have been the founders.53 It is now in possession of the Earls of Ormond. Nothing remains of the building but the walls. This is one of the convents which never accepted the reform, and so remained under the jurisdiction of the Conventuals until the suppression; on this account some property was attached to it. I have no information regarding its former inmates. Its great antiquity may be inferred from the fact that it is mentioned by Bartholomew de Pisis in his work entitled Liber Conformitatum. It was then the head of the Custody to which it gave its name.54 Almost all the inhabitants of the