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Terryglass Monastery

📍 Tipperary ⛪ Early Irish 📅 6th Century 🏛️ Ruins

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Early monastic site, founded before 549 by St Colum ‘Mac Cremthainn’; burned 1112 and 1164

Early monastic site, founded before 549 by St Colum ‘Mac Cremthainn’; burned 1112 and 1164

Historical Information

Founded: before 549
Alternative Names:
  • Tir-da-glas
  • Tir

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