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Kilcooly Abbey

 
From Urlingford the R689 runs south to the ruins of Kilcooly Abbey (National Monument), in Tipperary county, a daughter house of Jerpoint founded in 1182. The entrance is on the west side of the property. The church, built in 1445-70 on the site of an earlier church, contains a wealth of sculpture. The screen between the south transept and the sacristy has a whole series of reliefs - the Crucifixion, St Christopher, a bishop, a mermaid with a mirror followed by two fish, coasts of arms of the Butler family.

Must-see attractions nearby:
St Canice's Cathedral
Rothe House
Kilkenny Castle
Black Abbey Church
High Town
Kilkenny Arts Festival
St Canice's Steps
Notable among the monuments in the choir is the tomb of Piers Fitzjames Og Butler, with his reclining effigy as a knight and panels of saints and Fathers of the Church as weepers. Rory O'Tunney, who carved this tomb about 1526, was also responsible for the monument of William Cantwell and Margaret Butler and that of John Cantwell and Elicia Stouk. In front of that altar is the gravestone of Abbot Philip (d. 1463). An unusual feature is the pair of stone seats against the piers at the end of the nave.

Among the remains of the conventual buildings is a corbel-vaulted circular dovecot.

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