1140 – Monaincha Church, Co. Tipperary
Sited on a hill surrounded by a drained lough and now a bog,
Sited on a hill surrounded by a drained lough and now a bog,
Established by Donal Mor O’Brien in 1189, the abbey at Clarecastle,
Known as the Old Abbey or the Hospital of St.
A monastery was founded here for the Augustinians in 1216,
The Earl of Kildare founded the Augustinian friary at Adare,
Almost continuous building work over a century from 1252 onwards included a new chapter house (1282–1308);
The remains of a 13th century church and round tower.
The first monastery founded here by St. Baeten in the late 7th century no longer exists.
Unfinished, the Augustinian church should have received a spire,
Religious campus that was built around an existing house,