The Monastic Heritage & Folklore of County Laois |
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13th century Abbey Abbeyleix abbot Aghaboe Aghmacart ancient church Ballacolla Ballinakill Ballybrophy became bishop Borris-in-Ossory building Canice Canon Carrigan Cashel castle Catholic Celtic centre chapel Church in Ruins church ruins church site SMR church was built Cill Cistercian civil parish Clonaslee Clonenagh Clopook Columbanus Columcille County Laois Crossroads Culdee diocese Donaghmore doorway Dunamase Durrow Dysart Early Christian Period east gable ecclesiastical site SMR enclosure Errill Fintan Fitzpatrick Grave hermitage Holy Irish Kieran Kilkenny Killeshin known Kyle lands later located Mass Pit medieval church medieval parish church Monaincha monastery monks Mountmellick nave and chancel nearby Nore Norman north-east O'Hanlon and O'Leary O'More Offaly old church Ordnance Survey map Ossory placename Portlaoise priory Protestant church rath Rathdowney recorded rectangular remains ringfort River River Barrow Romanesque Roscrea roughly coursed limestone saint seen settlement Skirk south wall stone Stradbally survives Timahoe townland traces tradition west gable window Yard