Mainistir na Corann

Mainistir na Corann derives from the Irish words for 'monastery of the weir or ford,' a name rooted in the town's medieval monastic foundation and the weir on the Owenacurra River that powered its mills. Between 1179 and 1180, Cistercian monks from Monasteranenagh in Limerick founded the Abbey of Chore (Mainistir na Corann) at the site, under the patronage of the local Gaelic chieftain MacTire ...