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Friary (Site of)

Bullaun stone

What is recorded here

Now the friary is gone. A flat stone, a broken window edge and a low bank remain inside the old wall. People still call the place a friary because the shape and the memory agree. What is missing has not stopped the site from speaking.
Davies (1948, 78-9) noted some banks which possibly marked the foundations of the friary. He also recorded portion of a 15th-century cusped ogee window, a bullaun and a piece of flanged gable-coping at the site. In addition, he noted the tradition of an 'unassuming Mass-house' which was in existence as late as 1800 and lay within the enclosure (CV015-010001-) which surrounds the site of the friary. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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