The Discalced Carmelites bought the Firhouse property in 1827 and lived there until 2017; a plaque marking their 190 years in Firhouse was unveiled in July 2024. In November 2018 local press reported that a private buyer of the monastery was negotiating to lease it to a housing body that proposed to house homeless families there.
Closed in late 2020 after 340 years. The last five sisters were to leave by the end of November 2020: three to the Carmel in New Ross, one to the Malahide Carmel and one home to the Philippines. The future use of the buildings had not been decided when the closure was reported.
Re-founded in 1938 by monks from Mount Melleray near the medieval abbey. Suppressed as a separate community on 3 November 2024, when it was united with Mount Melleray and Roscrea as the new abbey of Our Lady of Silence (6 members on 31 December 2023, the last count in the order's statistics); the united community gathered at Roscrea in early 2025. Around the end of February 2026 that community voted to make Mellifont Abbey, Collon, its long-term home, with the move to take place over about 18 months, so the property is being kept and will be reoccupied.
Spiritual Life Institute (Carmelite hermits, men and women)
Skreen
No appeal found
County Tipperary
House
Order
Town
Status
Mount St Joseph Abbey, Roscrea (former community)
Trappist, monks
Roscrea
The Mount St Joseph community (9 members on 31 December 2023, the last count in the order's statistics) was suppressed on 3 November 2024 and merged into the united Irish Trappist community of Our Lady of Silence, which then lived at Roscrea. Around the end of February 2026 the united community decided to move to Mellifont, Co. Louth, within about 18 months, so the monks will leave Roscrea; they will stay on as patrons of Mount St Joseph College.
Suppressed as a separate house on 3 November 2024 (10 members on 31 December 2023, the last count in the order's statistics); the monks left in January 2025 for Roscrea, and the early-2026 decision to settle at Mellifont means they will not return. The property remains in trust with the Cistercians and is to host a study site of Ave Maria University (Florida), beginning with semester-long programs for American students.
Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (enclosed adoration nuns, founded in Wexford in 1875), nuns
Wexford
No appeal found
County Wicklow
House
Order
Town
Status
Carmelite Monastery, Delgany (former)
Discalced Carmelite, nuns
Delgany
After 175 years the Carmelites left Delgany: the closure was signaled in July 2018, the remaining nuns moved to the Kilmacud Carmel, and the 6.2-hectare site was sold off-market in 2019 for about €15 million to Cedar Building Company (Eddie Holly). An Bord Pleanála approved 232 homes in February 2021 for Drumakilla Ltd, with the protected monastery building retained; the High Court rejected a residents' challenge in July 2023.