churches historical tipperary

Killodiernan Church of Ireland church, the imposing stone gateway to the former Peterfield estate, its gate lodge, where an industry produces quality fretwork plaques, and where traditional music evenings are held in summer.

A signpost directs you to some romanesque features in church ruins. The Church of Ireland church with a typical square tower, was originally built in 1811, but the entrance porch and altar area were added later....

This 13th century church stands on an island in the middle of a bog where St. Ruadhan of Lorrha founded a monastery in the 6th century. The church, which may incorporate parts of an older church, has a nave and chancel with lancet windows, and a decorative piscina.

The west wall of some (15th century) domestic buildings remain. In 1980, a valuable hoard of religious vessels, including a chalice, a paten and a ladle were discovered in the vicinity of the church; these are now in the Na...

Little is known of the history of this church other than that it was dedicated to St. Farannan. The saint exiled himself from here to the Continent where he died at Waser on the Meuse in 982. the church consists of a nave and chancel, with finely ornamented west doorway and chancel arch.
The door has good Romanesque decoration, a hood above it, and is said to have contained a tympanum with a cat with two tails (probably a lion). Above the chancel arch, which has well-preserved capitals, i...

Two churches still standing on an old monastic site founded by St.. Mochoemog who died in 655. The smaller church is the older of the two, though its date is unknown. The west doorway and the east window have been restored, but the door was probably flat-headed. The church has antae. The larger church was begun in the 12th century, but this church was later considerably altered.

The north and east walls of the chancel are the oldest parts of the present church, and they formed part...

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...

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...

St. Alban founded the first monastery here around 650, but the site is named after his successor, St. Beccan. A 12th century Romanesque church has a flat-headed doorway, and two unusual decorated windows.

A number of crosses and Early Christian cross-slabs are either standing free around the church or have been built into its interior or exterior walls....

The Parish Church occupies the site of churches dating back to the original foundation by St. Ailbe, who died in 527AD....

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...