[6] Askeaton was plundered and later abandoned by Nicholas Malby's men in 1579 during the Second Desmond Rebellion, and some of the friars were killed.

[9] The church and its north transept, sacristy, cloister arcade and domestic buildings survive.

[5][10][11][12][13] A sketch of the friary in the Pacata Hibernia, dated from some point prior to 1599, shows a large belfry associated with the structure, now entirely destroyed.

[14] The church is rendered in simple Gothic style and is lighted by a large window in the eastern wall.

Despite tradition attesting that the Stephenson family had removed the original altar to make a burial place beneath it, this is unlikely to be true.