Above from top left to bottom right; St Rúán’s Monastery, The Augustinian Priory Beatae Mariae Fontis Vivi, Lackeen Castle (3K), the Dominican Friary founded by William de Burgo and the smaller images are details from the doors and windows.
Above from top left to bottom right; St Rúán’s Monastery, The Augustinian Priory Beatae Mariae Fontis Vivi, Lackeen Castle (3K), the Dominican Friary founded by William de Burgo and the smaller images are details from the doors and windows.
Lorrha is a small village at the most northerly part of County Tipperary. It is about six miles from Borrisokane. It is very rich historically. St Rúán founded a monastery here in the Sixth Century. It is believed that the famous Stowe Missal was written in Lorrha. It was found secreted in the walls of (the O’Kennedy) Lackeen Castle in 1735. The metal case is in the National Museum and the Stowe Missal is in the Royal Irish Academy. The protestant church and churchyard occupy the site of Saint Rúán’s monastery. There is the remains of a Sixth Century High Cross similar in design to Kilclispeen (near Carrick on Suir). The doorway of the church has rich ornamented carvings. Opposite it are the remains of the Augustinian Priory Beatae Mariae Fontis Vivi. It has a beautifully ornamented window with a medieval head.
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At the S.W side of the village lie the ruined remains of a Dominican Friary founded by William de Burgo. In the gable wall of the Catholic church adjacent are some medieval fragments. The bronze tabernacle was designed by Niall O’Neill and depicts images from the Stowe Missal (c8th Century). |
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