1150 – Baltinglass Abbey, Co. Wicklow
Baltinglass Abbey is one of the most important Cistercian abbeys of Leinster. and was founded in 1148 by Dermot McMurrough, king of Leinster.
Baltinglass Abbey is one of the most important Cistercian abbeys of Leinster. and was founded in 1148 by Dermot McMurrough, king of Leinster.
Designed by John Bourke around 1860, this is a fine gothic revival church with a symmetrical composition.
Detached five-bay two-storey convent, finished in render with granite dressings and block and start quoins with a more elaborate granite entrance porch.
Erected at the same time as the Church of Ireland by the same architect Richard O’Brien Smyth.
Selected after an architectural competition, and constructed between 1882-84. In plan, cruciform with a porch to the north-east and a tower to the south-west.