corcomroe abbey

Returning to Bealaclugga, take a left turn off the N67 for Carran. The next left turn leads to Corcomroe (signposted). This was a Cistercian foundation of the 12th century, established in 1180 by Donal Mor O'Brien. The first monks were drawn from Inishlounaght near Clonmel in Co. Tipperary, a Cistercian abbey dating from 1148. The remains include, beside the church, fragments of cloister, an infirmary-guesthouse and gatehouse. The church has an altar-tomb in the north wall of the chancel, said to be the burial place of King Conor O' Brien, who died in 1267. It has a primitive effigy of the king.