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  • 1 Damer House Interesting

    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..

  • 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 ..

  • 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.

  • 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..

  • 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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