Cabra Dominicans

The founder of the Order of Preachers was Dominic Guzman. He was born in Caleruega in Spain in 1170. He died in 1221 in Bologna, Italy. The first monastery of nuns was founded by Saint Dominic in Prouille near Fanjeaux in the South of France.

The history of the Cabra Dominicans (Ireland) dates back to Galway 1647 and Channel Row Dublin in 1717. The monastery of the sacred Order of Preachers was approved in 1644 by the Dominican friars and then in 1647 by Rome. It was known as the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Galway.There is no evidence of a pre-Reformation monastery of Dominican nuns in Ireland. The first Dominicans, friars, came to Dublin in 1224.