The name alone is the most substantial clue that survives. In rural Ireland, placenames of this kind often outlast the physical remains by centuries, preserving a memory of monastic or conventual life long after the walls have been absorbed into field boundaries or robbed for later building.

Beyond the name and its location in Mayo, the documentary record for this particular site remains largely inaccessible in published form. What can be said generally is that nunneries in Connacht were rarely grand establishments. Most were modest communities, sometimes affiliated with Augustinian or Franciscan houses, sometimes operating with a degree of independence that left only faint traces in the ecclesiastical and administrative records of the period. The fact that the name has attached itself to a specific townland suggests the community was present long enough, and locally significant enough, to leave a lasting impression on how people described the land around them.