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List of the monastic houses on the Isle of Man is a catalogue of abbeys, priories, friaries or other monastic house on the Isle of Man.

Foundation	Image	Communities and provenance	Dedication and names	Location
Bemaken Friary		Franciscan Friars founded 1367; dissolved 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4	Bemaccan Friary
Douglas Priory ^		Cistercian nuns founded before 1226 purportedly by Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles. Dissolved 24 June 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4; chapel converted used as coachhouse	St Mary Supposed (doubtful) St Bridget (possibly St Mary and St Bridget)	54°08′53″N 4°29′38″W / 54.148°N 4.494°W / 54.148; -4.494 (Douglas Priory)
Mirescog Monastery		Cistercian monks dependent on Rievaulx, Yorkshire; founded 1176; dissolved c.1200	Later called Sulby Grange
Rushen Abbey		Savignac monks Dependent on Furness, Lancashire (Cumbria) Founded 1134/5, land granted by Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles; Cistercian monks Orders merged 17 September 1147; Dissolved 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4.		54°05′56″N 4°38′15″W / 54.09889°N 4.63750°W / 54.09889; -4.63750 (Rushden Abbey)

• List of abbeys and priories
• List of monastic houses in England
• List of monastic houses in Scotland
• List of monastic houses in Wales
• List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
• List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland
• List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
• Dissolution of the Monasteries
• List of English cathedrals

• Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E. (1976) Medieval Religious Houses Scotland, With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man. Longman
• Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet, Ordnance Survey, 2nd edition, 1954