abbeys waterford

This Abbey, standing on the site of an island monastery founded in the 6th century by St. Maelanfaidh, was re-founded for the Canons Regular of St. Augustine towards the close of the 12th century. The buildings now form a square around a cloister garth. The church is rectangular, and may contain elements from an older church; it is lighted by 10 fine lancet windows. On the east side of the cloister is the Chapter Room, where Raymond Le Gros is said to have been buried in 1186, while there is...

The original monastery was founded int eh 6th century by St. Cuan or St. Breoghan, but was re-founded for the Augustinians by the Power family, presumably in the 13th century. It was closely associated with St. Catherine's Abbey in Waterford. After the Suppression of the Monasteries in 1537, it passed to the Powers, but they were dispossessed half a century later. Some few medieval wall fragments remain, but the best surviving feature is a tomb by Roricus O'Comayn, with the following panels;...

Following the Vee Scenic route, four miles on is the famed Mount Melleray Abbey founded in 1832. Mount Melleray is a monastery of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance and it was built by the monks who were expelled from France....