[7] Other local notables funded it: Feidlim Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht built the refectory; Owen Ó hEidhin (King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne) built the dormitory and Conchobar Ó Cellaigh of Uí Maine the chapter house.

His son William de Bermingham was Archbishop of Tuam; he had a dispute with the monastery in 1297 but was buried there in 1312.

[citation needed] In 1324, William Liath de Burgh left money to enlarge the church and priory, a task completed by 1345.

1451, the friars built a chapel on land north of the river at Carrowardahrah, granted by Ulick Ruadh Burke.

[citation needed] Athenry Abbey was burned during the uprising of William mac an Iarla Burke in the 1570s.