Cahir Abbey
| Mainistir Chathair Dún Iascaigh | |
| Ruins of the abbey church
Ruins of the abbey church
| |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Cathair-duine-iascaid; Cahir-Dunesk; Cayrdunheach; Chaier; Kaherdunesche; Catherdunesque |
| Order | Augustinian |
| Established | late 12th century AD |
| Disestablished | 1540 |
| Diocese | Waterford and Lismore |
| People | |
| Founder | Galfrid de Camville |
| Architecture | |
| Status | ruined |
| Style | Late Gothic |
| Site | |
| Location | Abbey Street, Cahir, County Tipperary |
| Coordinates | 52°22′46″N 7°55′42″W / 52.379522°N 7.928347°W |
| Public access | yes |
The Priory of St. Mary in Cahir, known as Cahir Abbey, was a medieval priory of Augustinian Canons regular and is a National Monument located in Cahir, Ireland.[1]
Location
Cahir Abbey is located 600 metres (660 yd) north of Cahir Castle, on the west bank of the River Suir.[2]
History
The priory was founded in the late 12th century AD. It may have been a replacement for the 1178 burning of the 6th century abbey 4 miles south at Ardfinnan. Galfrid de Camville, Anglo-Norman Baron of Cahir and Fedamore, made a grant to its hospital c. 1200.[3]
St Mary’s priory is a multi phased, with evidence of the original 13th century buildings and further alterations and additions in the 15th and 16th/17th centuries.
The priory was dissolved in 1540 and surrendered by prior Edmond O'Lonergan; the church, parochial and conventual buildings were occupied by Sir Thomas Butler by January 1541. The priory was alienated by William Hutchinson and Edward Walshe 1561 and granted to Edmond Butler in 1566.
Buildings
The chancel of the church survives, with a row of windows in the north wall; also there are carved corbels and mouldings in limestone.
There is a residential tower, apparently seventeenth century in date, immediately west of the chancel.[4][5]
There are also a cloister and domestic buildings. Mason's marks are visible.[6][7]
References
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- Back to citation "Things to See in Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland". www.visitcahir.ie; "Gothic Past - Priory of St. Mary, Cahir, County Tipperary - Choir". gothicpast.com; "Irish Economic and Social History". Economic and Social History Society of Ireland. 27 August 1995 – via Google Books.
- Back to citation DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Ireland. Dorling Kindersley Limited. 1 October 2014. ISBN 9780241013496 – via Google Books; "Cahir Abbey, Cahir, Co. Tipperary, Ireland". www.dirl.com; (Publisher.), Samuel LEIGH (27 August 2017). "Leigh's New Pocket Road-Book of Ireland... on the plan of Reichard's Itineraries, etc. [Edited by C. C. Hamilton.]". S. Leigh – via Google Books.
- Back to citation "Cahir Abbey - Tipperary Town". www.tipperarytown.ie. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- Back to citation Pilgrimagemedievalireland (27 April 2013). "St Mary's Priory Cahir".
- Back to citation McFadden, David (6 December 2016). An Innocent in Ireland: Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 9780771061387 – via Google Books.
- Back to citation Lehane, Brendan (27 August 2017). The Companion Guide to Ireland. Companion Guides. ISBN 9781900639347 – via Google Books.