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Jerpoint Abbey

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Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey
Phone:
+353 56 772 4623

Hours:
Sunday9am - 5:30pm
Monday9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday9am - 5:30pm
Thursday9am - 5:30pm
Friday9am - 5:30pm
Saturday9am - 5:30pm


Jerpoint Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey, founded in the second half of the 12th century, near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located 2.5 km south west from Thomastown on the R448 regional road. There is a Visitor Centre with an exhibition. It has been declared a national monument and has been in the care of the Office of Public Works since 1880. It was constructed by in 1180, by Donchadh Ó Donnchadha Mac Giolla Phátraic, the King of Osraige. It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. Jerpoint is notable for its stone carvings, including one at the tomb of Felix O'Dulany, Bishop of the Diocese of Ossory. The abbey flourished until the Dissolution of the Monasteries by the English king Henry VIII. Jerpoint Abbey gives its name to the civil parish of Jerpoint Abbey or Abbey-Jerpoint in the barony of Knocktopher. It lies near the anciently corporate town of Newtown Jerpoint.
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