School: Clochar na Trócaire, Gráig na Manach

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1. Graignamanagh or "The Grange of the Monks" (continued)

   

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   walls. The Abbey was founded in the twelfth century by the Cistercian Monks, who received the grant from William Marshal. They came from England. They hired men to work for them, and they changed this place of wilderness into a smiling valley. It was of Gothic Style of Architecture. It had many windows. The walls were four feet thick. There was a passage from the Abbey to Butler's Castle. It was a means of escape for the monks in any sudden emergency.

   Destroyed

   Peace never seemed to have lasted long in Ireland for in 1300 the Abbey was destroyed by the Cromwellians. In 1306 we have an appeal from the convent of Duiske to say some prayers for all who helped to build the Abbey.

   Rebuilt by

   Very Rev. Fr. McDonald made a Catholic

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Alice Coady

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Harristown, Co. Carlow

   Informant

   J. O' Leary