Buttevant Franciscan Friary

Situated in an unusually central position within the walls of a medieval borough, Buttevant Friary was founded for the Franciscans by David de Barry I in 1251. The Friary was dedicated to St. Thomas à Becket, who was Archbishop of Canterbury until his murder by knights connected to King Henry II in 1170. The de Barry family became influential lords in Cork after the Anglo-Norman conquest of Ir...