churches historical tipperary

Fethard is a small town which retains a remarkable number of medieval remnants. The exterior of Holy Trinity Church off the main street incorporates parts of a 15th century church, including windows, the west tower and part of a transept. In the wall of the churchyard are some tower houses (15th century?); in all about 4 tower-houses (none really accessible) are preserved in the town.

In the fire-depot beside the entrance to the church, remnants of a 16thg century house can be seen,...

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...

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...

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 church is unique, having corrugated iron walls and roof, three falleries, a stained glass rose window in each gable and representations of two saints not usually the objects of Irish country devotion - Thomas Aquinas and William. the names coincide with the first names of the priest donors....

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...

Designed by John Nash and completed in 1817, at a cost of IR2,307, the church is a delightful Gothic Revival building. One of only two known Nash designed churches to have survived.

There is a very fine interior with superb plasterwork, stained glass and a vast array of wall plaques. Well worth a visit…...

Holy Cross Church of Ireland church , has a three faced clock on the embattlemented tower and fine stone mullioned windows in the nave and chancel.

The major and exciting restoration of the church of the former Cistercian foundation at Holy Cross, for use as a parish church, was completed in 1975 . It houses two relics of the True Cross.

The restored building and attendant religious ceremonies attract enormous crowds. Its architectural brilliance - groined ceiling,...

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....