Kilcooley Cistercian Abbey

East of the village of Gortnahoe stands the ruins of Kilcooley Abbey, a Cistercian abbey dating to 1182AD. Dómhnall Mór Ua Briain, King of Thomond and King of Munster, established Holy Cross Abbey in 1180 and Kilcooley Abbey two years later. Ua Briain is famed for his continuous fights of victory over the Normans in the late 12th The abbey was sacked and burned in 1418 and again in 1445. Rebui...