St. Dominick’s Dominican Priory

Located in the northern end of Cashel town stands the ruins of St Dominick’s Abbey. Founded by the Archbishop of Cashel, David McKelly Ó Giolla Phádraig, former Bishop of Cloyne, in 1243 as a Dominican priory and dedicated to St Dominick. In 1289 and 1307 St Dominick’s hosted two general chapters of the Dominican order in Ireland. In 1480 the abbey was burnt and rebuilt by Archbishop of Cashel,...