School: Ballyhurst, Tipperary (roll number 4562)
- Location:
- Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Stás, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The Augustinian Monastery in Tipperary was founded on the bank of the Ara in the 13th century.
Around it grew the town of Tipperary. At the supression of the Monasteries it was given to Eamon Ryan in 1541 at the annual rent of 18 pence. Thus it was in use by the monks for 300 years. At that time it contained a church which was used as a parish church a chapter house a hall 2 large rooms, a dormitory a kitchn a mill a stable, a garden, a cemeterry which was used until 1634 and some land. The last prior was Donach O Quirk of Muskerry Quirk. Cormwell gave the Monastery and large tracts of land to Erasmus Smith and English man(continues on next page)
