saint patricks church

In 1147 the Cistercian order founded an abbey, having been granted about 8,500 acres by the then King of Munster, Donal Mor O Brien. The Abbey was suppressed by Henry VIII in 1540 and its lands confiscated and leased to the Cahir branch of the Butler family.

The present Church was built on the old abbey site in 1818/1819 by local builder Thomas Tinsley, whose work can be seen in many churches and houses in South Tipperary. An old doorway of Romanesque style is the only remnant of the once flourishing Inislounaght Abbey.

Remains of some old tombstones from the Abbey can be seen in the floor of the entrance porch, but these, while of a great age, bear inscriptions which are now illegible.