Archaeologists 'confident' destroyed monastery site found
Erenagh Monastery in Downpatrick was destroyed by Anglo-Norman knight John de Courcy in 1177.
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John de Courcy
Anglo-Norman knight (1150–1219)
Sir John de Courcy was an Anglo-Norman knight who lived in Ireland from 1176 until his expulsion in 1204. He conquered a considerable territory, endowed religious establishments, built abbeys for both the Benedictines and the Cistercians and built strongholds at Dundrum Castle in County Down and Carrickfergus Castle in County Antrim.
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