newtown monuments

Consists of a large medieval cathedral, two monasteries and a small church. One of the monastries belonged to an order of crusading monks who took care of the sick and dying. Ss. Peter and Paul's cathedral as founded by Simon de Rochford and is the largest medieval cathedral in Ireland. The Priory of St. John the Baptist is the remains of a hospital which founded in the 18th Century by the crutched friars, an order originally established to nurse the crusaders and redeem Christian hostages.