Church (in Ruins), Monastery (Site of) — Report the wrong picture

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Poor Clares nuns lived beside the Monasteroris monastery until the site collapsed into a grass-covered mound. A carved cross fragment survived the loss, carrying images of a bishop, a monk, and the warning that blessed are the poor in spirit. The women are gone, but their prayer still hides beneath the turf.

Appears now as a grass-covered mound with no evidence of any masonry. Situated on a slight rise on high ground. Fragment of cross (OF004-011004-) said to have come from this site now at Rhode Parochial house (OF011-056) (Comerford 1883, 324). Not visible at ground level. According to Comerford (1883, 324), this was the site of a Franciscan Convent which was a dependent of the nearby Franciscan monastery at Monasteroris (OF011-011----). A portion of a late medieval wayside (OF004-011004-) cross originally from Coolcor is now located in front garden of the parochial house in the nearby village of Rhode. The cross shaft consists of four carvings one on each face depicting the Crucifixion, Virgin and Infant, a Bishop and a Monk with inscription below reading 'Blessed are the poor in spirit'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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