churches historical tipperary

It was probably founded by St. Cainneach of Aghaboe, Co. Laois (q.v.) in the 6th century, though it is also associated with St. Cronan of Roscrea . the deaths of abbots are recorded for the years 807, 1120, 1138 and 1143, and the monastery seems to have experienced a revival in the 12th century.

Giraldus Cambrensis, the historian of the Norman invasion, describes the place as an island where no woman or animal of the female sex could enter without dying immediately. the monastery be...

The 19th century church stands on the site of the Cistercian Abbey of Inishlounaght which was founded by Donal Mor O'Brien, King of Limerick, in 1187 and whither a fresh colony of Cistercians were brought from Furness in Lancashire in 1238. some interesting fragments of the older church are preserved in the modern church.

Particularly noteworthy is the transitional doorway of about 1200 which is now high up in the west wall of the church and which was probably the processional doorway...

Unlike most, Ballycahill's T shaped church has retained its old communion rail - fashioned in timber as are the gilded altar and figures of the four evangelists. An ancient sandstoe baptismal font, with two-compartmented octagonal bowl on a fluted column, is still used....

Ballyporeen in whose cruciform church (1828) a Michael Reagan, great-grandfather of USA President Ronald Reagan , was baptised on 3 September 1829. a handsome parish publication traces roots.

A pub flourishes the President's name - beside the owner's name in gold lettering over a Victorian corner door. Templetenny Cemetery, burial place of the Reagans , is worth a visit....

Donough Cairbreach O'Brien, King of Thomond, founded a friary for the Franciscans here early in the 13th century, but the present church was probably not begun until 1471, only to be burned the following year. After the Suppression in 1541, it was sold to John of Desmond. Sir Humphrey Gilbert's horsemen burned the church once more in 1569, and the friars who had stayed on were massacred in 1570. It suffered little damage when police tried to blow it up in 1921. The church is a simple nave-a...

The exact date of the building of the parish church is uncertain. Some experts suggest that it was built in 1204 by William de Burgh. Other experts put the day later, however, the church was in use before 1228.

It is the town's most significant ancient building and incorporates several features of architectural interest - stained glass windows, one of which commemorates the family of William Tinsley, Clonmel's Victorian Architect.

Its most significant visual impact comes from...

The Catholic Church has inside the gate an octagonal stone font with two sections .

The Celtic Cross was erected in the grounds in 1870 in memory of Fr Nicholas sheehy, one of the five people hanged in Clonmel in 1776 on perjured evidence for an alleged murder.

The shaft in the mode of the early Christian high crosses, bears a wide range of religious cum nationalist themes including the Good Samaritan , and Daniel O'Connell with the Catholic Emancipation Act. St Patrick...

Cormac's Chapel is one of the gems of the Irish Romanesque. Its construction commenced in 1127 and it was consecrated in 1134. The Church was entered through two richly carved doorways in the north and south.

The entire structure was richly decorated with carvings and with now almost totally lost multi-coloured painted decoration. Within the church is a large 12th century tomb with the Urnus Viking Art motif of two intertwined serpents....

An interesting collection of medieval monuments comprising a fine motte and bailey, a church and a castle. The motte was built by the English of Leinster beside the River Suir when they were on a raid against Donal Mor O'Brien, King of Thomond, in 1192. It was given by the King to William de Braose, but later taken from him and granted to philip of Worcester.

Nearby is a ruined 13th century nave-and-chancel church with an east window inserted in the 15th century. A few hundred yard...

A number of wells rise up at this eerie spot where one could imagine that people in times past could have wondered at the primeval power of nature. St. Patrick is said to have visited the place, and the water is said to cure 'sore lips, sore eyes, the scrofula and several other chronic diseases'.

In the middle of a pond is an early cross, and beside it is a church which was built on the site of a 12th century edifice, but which in its present mutilated form dates probably from the 16...