Building in Cloneeb, County Laois

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Building in Cloneeb has lost its sacristy doorway, yet a fragment of the south wall still carries a mark from the little shelf used during services. The monastery has reached that terrible stage of packing where the furniture is gone but one shelf is holding up the entire move.

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Reference to foundations outside the graveyard. No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as 'There was a monastery or friary here in former times. Some fragments of the old church (LA034-001001-) remain. Its entire length was about 70 ft. In the remaining piece of the south side-wall, there are traces, near the east end, of a doorway (which led from the sacristy) and of a credence. There are but two inscribed monuments in the graveyard both dating from the 19th century. Outside the graveyard (LA034-001002-) wall are considerable remains of foundations &c., showing that several buildings formerly stood here.' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 342). There The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA034-001003