Gothic style unlike other monastic buildings which usually adopted architectural styles from different periods. The Abbey was built under the patronage of the McDonaghs of Tirerril and many of the Friars and their priors bore the name of the McDonagh family as each succeeding generation gave one of its sons to the Abbey. The adjioning cemetery became the chief burial place of the McDonaghs and a number of tomb-stones bear this surname. The Abbey passed into the hands of a number of owners throughout the years. Francis Crofton, one of the auditors of the Seizure during the Jacobean confiscations, was granted the Abbey and its lands in 1603. In 1633 these were passed into the hands of Andrew Crean of Sligo and subsequently the Abbey and lands were granted by the Crown to the King family of boyle and Rockingham in 1660. from them it passed to the Gethin family and in 1971 it was in the possession of james Frazer. The Abbey and cemetery are now in the care of the Board of Public Works.