Holycross Cistercian Abbey – Infirmary Building

While the restored church is operated by the local parish, it is the infirmary ruins beside the church that are under the care of the Office of Public Works. These ruins were once part of the original abbey that existed on these grounds, dating back to the founding of the Cistercian Abbey in the 1180s by the King of Limerick, Dónal Mór Ó’Briain. Very little remains of the original abbey; parts...