1475 – Holycross Abbey, Co. Tipperary
A medieval Cistercian monastery, Holy Cross Abbey was a place of great medieval pilgrimage, and with the Reformation, also a rallying-point for the dispossessed and victims of religious persecution.
A medieval Cistercian monastery, Holy Cross Abbey was a place of great medieval pilgrimage, and with the Reformation, also a rallying-point for the dispossessed and victims of religious persecution.
The site has been used for Christian worship since it was founded by Saint Padarn in the 6th century. It was rebuilt in the thirteenth century after a fire and is a fine large aisleless cruciform church with transepts and a substantial central tower,