St. Wolstan's Priory

The priory was founded in 1202 (or, according to William of Ware, 1205) by Adam de Hereford, one of the Anglo-Norman leaders of the Norman conquest of Ireland.

It was founded for canons of the order of St Victor and was named after the recently canonised Saint Wulfstan (died 1095).

In 1271 William de Mandesham, seneschal to Fulk Basset, Archbishop of Dublin, granted to the priory the lands of Tristildelane, modern Castledillon.

[citation needed] In 1308 a bridge across the River Liffey was built at his own expense by John Le Decer, Mayor of Dublin, next to the gate of St.

[citation needed] In 1536 the priory and lands were seized by King Henry VIII as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.