St. Francis Franciscan Abbey

Tucked between the River Nore, its tributary the Breagagh, and Parliament Street, in the heart of Kilkenny City, lies the medieval ruins of St. Francis Abbey. Though now surrounded by the modern Abbey Quarter development, the remnants of the once-great Franciscan friary remain. Founded in the 13th century (1231), the abbey was part of a wave of new monastic settlements spurred by St. Francis o...