The Priory of All Hallows (or Priory of All Saints) was a monastic foundation just outside of the walls of Dublin , Ireland. History Priory All Hallows was founded in 1166 by Diarmait Mac Murchada shortly before his deposition as by King of Leinster. It was situated east of the walled city in an area known as "Hoggin Green" or "Hogges Green" or "Le Hogges". It was an Araosian (Augustinian) foundation, with canons regular. The priory was one of the most important, and over time became one of the wealthiest, religious establishments in the vicinity of Dublin, along with the Priory of St John the Baptist (Thomas Street), the Priory of the Holy Trinity and St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin (as well as the more remote foundations such as Grace Dieu Abbey). Four years after founding the priory, Mac Murchada, by then restored to his lands by his Cambro-Norman allies, landed an invasion at the Steine and captured the walled city from the ruling Hiberno-Norse dynasty. The priory survived the invasion and a period of prosperity followed. In 1240, grants from the parish of Taghadoe enlarged the priory, resulting in the Papal confirmation of the priory in 1276, some of which came with serfs attached to the land. Throughout the remainder of the 13th century and most of the 14th, the some of the property was subject to attack, and the remoter estates were difficult to control. The Prior often complained of poverty and due to the occupation of its lands and distraction of its buildings, the priory and related convent fell into hard times, causing the archbishop to relax the proxies they were required to pay. In 1367, the passing of the Statutes of Kilkenny forbade the rulers of religious houses from receiving any Irish people to their profession under penalty of confiscation of their temporalities; in the years following, Richard II issued a writ to the priory ordering the obeisance of the statute. Subsequently in 1380, the Parliament of the Pale enacted that "no mere Irishman should make his profession in the Priory of All Hallows". The writ was never repealed, however it seems that it was not long obeyed; a number of the subsequent abbots and church officers have Irish names. After the campaign of 1394 by Richard II, the prior was granted a charter stating "We concede and confirm for ever to have and to hole him