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Lorrha Priory

πŸ“ Tipperary β›ͺ Augustinian πŸ“… 12th Century πŸ›οΈ Ruins

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Augustinian Canons Regular founded after 1140?, on the site of the earlier monastery (see immediately above), apparently built to the north of the earlier monastic church; burned 1157 and 1179;…

Augustinian Canons Regular founded after 1140?, on the site of the earlier monastery (see immediately above), apparently built to the north of the earlier monastic church; burned 1157 and 1179; transferred [sic] to new site, adjacent (see immediately below); church in parochial use; became ruinous; 19th-century C.I. parish church built adjacent

Historical Information

Founded: after 1140
Alternative Names:
  • St Rogan / St Ruadan
  • Lothea
  • Loghera
  • Lorrah
  • Lurchoe
  • de Fontis Vivi de Lochra
  • Lothor