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1 Damer House
Architecture, castles and historic districts
Castle St. IRL - Roscrea
Standing within the castle walls is an elegant three-storey house (18C) containing a handsome pine staircase. It was built in 1715 by Joseph Damer, the richest man in Ireland at his death in 1720, whose family settled in Ireland in 1661. Today the bu..
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2 St Cronan's Church
Religious buildings
Church Street IRL - Roscrea
This is the site of a monastery founded by Saint Cronan in the 7C and destroyed four times during the 12C, now marked only by the main facade of a 12C church. The carved figure above the entrance is probably Saint Cronan. North of the ruins there is ..
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3 Franciscan Monastery
Religious buildings
N62 IRL - Roscrea
The present Roman Catholic church, built on a slight incline, is approached through the belltower of the original 15C friary. The north and east walls of the earlier chancel and part of the nave arcade have been integrated into the modern church.
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4 Castle
Architecture, castles and historic districts
Castle St. IRL - Roscrea
This castle was built in the 13C in the form of an irregular polygon, with curtain walls and two D-shaped towers. The original entrance was through a gate tower (1280) now surmounted by 17C gables and chimneys. The portcullis winding gear can be seen..
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5 Monaincha Abbey
Religious buildings
N7 IRL - Roscrea
The ruined abbey-church stands on a raised site, once an island in a peat bog. The 12C main doorway is finely carved and the chancel is in sandstone. The sacristy dates from the 15C or the 16C. The monastery was probably founded in the 6C by Saint Ca..

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