North Abbey – Dominican Friary

On the north side of Youghal town’s main graveyard stands the ruins of North Abbey, or the Priory of Our Lady of Graces. The Dominican Friary was founded by Thomas Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron of Desmond, in 1268, and it believed to be his eternal resting place. An ivory statue of the Madonna and child that was found here can be seen in St Mary’s Dominican Priory in Cork City. In 1587 the ...