Medieval History
A new book about the religious order that created Jerpoint Abbey is being launched this Friday night.
A Monastic Landscape: The Cistercians in Medieval Ireland by Breda Lynch, who has worked as a guide and information officer at the abbey, will be launched at the NUI Maynooth outreach campus at St Kieran?s College, Kilkenny on Friday at 7.30pm. A launch will also be held on Sunday at noon in the John O?Donovan Parish Centre in Slieverue.
The 192-page book is a detailed study of various aspects of the Cistercian Order in medieval Leinster. It focuses on the lands that the monasteries held in the province, including the great houses of Mellifont, Baltinglass, Jerpoint, Duiske, Tintern and Dunbrody. The main content of the book deals with the identification of the lands held by the Cistercian houses of Leinster, with references to other provinces. The last chapter deals with the fate of these monasteries in the post-Dissolution period.
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Medieval History
A look at the lives of those who built Jerpoint Abbey
A new book about the religious order that created Jerpoint Abbey is being launched this Friday night.
A Monastic Landscape: The Cistercians in Medieval Ireland by Breda Lynch, who has worked as a guide and information officer at the abbey, will be launched at the NUI Maynooth outreach campus at St Kieran?s College, Kilkenny on Friday at 7.30pm. A launch will also be held on Sunday at noon in the John O?Donovan Parish Centre in Slieverue.
The 192-page book is a detailed study of various aspects of the Cistercian Order in medieval Leinster. It focuses on the lands that the monasteries held in the province, including the great houses of Mellifont, Baltinglass, Jerpoint, Duiske, Tintern and Dunbrody. The main content of the book deals with the identification of the lands held by the Cistercian houses of Leinster, with references to other provinces. The last chapter deals with the fate of these monasteries in the post-Dissolution period.
Click here to read this article from Kilkenny People
Click here to purchase this book from Xlibris
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Plans for a ?Medieval Mile? in Kilkenny are due to be announced in the next few weeks, and the project will help to promote the South East as a ?necklace of must-see destinations,? a Fáilte Ireland conference held in Hotel Kilkenny heard on Monday afternoon....
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