Kilcrea Friary

Kilcrea Friary's name derives from Cill Chré (Cell of Cyra), preserving the memory of Saint Cyra or Créidh, a sixth-century abbess who established a nunnery on or near the site in the parish of Ovens (Athnowen). The Franciscan friary itself was founded in 1465 by Cormac Láidir MacCarthy, 9th Lord of Muskerry (c. 1411–1494), one of the most powerful chieftains of Munster, who established the Obs...