Dungiven Priory in Dungiven in County Derry

Dungiven Priory is a ruined former Augustinian Priory located at the edge of the town of Dungiven in County Derry.
It is located on the site of an early church founded probably by St. Nechtán in 650 .
The priory was founded by the Augustinian Canons in the 12th century.
At the beginning of the 16th century a tower was built on the west end of the nave for the church use, but during the period of the O'Cahans the tower served as a tower house. It ceased functioning as a Priory in the 16th Century as a result of the Dissolution of the Monasteries and became the property of the O'Cahan's.
In 1602 an English garrison was based here and in 1611 sir Edward Doddington had a manor house built attached to the church and the bawn wall. The tower became the dwelling of sir Doddington. This tower collapsed in 1784. The church was converted to the Protestant worship, but it was destroyed by a fire in the late 17th century.
The chancel stores the tomb of Cooey-na-Gall O'Cahan who died in 1385.