Overview
Grave Yard — Parkmore is recorded as Graveyard in Tipperary. Situated on the S side of Abbey Street in the town of Roscrea, the N wall and bell-tower are now used as an entrance into the RC church. A fifteenth-century Franciscan friary (TN012-010010-) founded sometime before 1477 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 258).
Who made it and when
The saved account records: A large rectangular graveyard containing 18th and 19th century headstones is attached to the S of the franciscan friary (TN012-010010-).
How it was made and used
The saved account records: Situated on the S side of Abbey Street in the town of Roscrea, the N wall and bell-tower are now used as an entrance into the RC church.
What was found
The saved account records: A fifteenth-century Franciscan friary (TN012-010010-) founded sometime before 1477 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 258).
What remains
The saved account records: The Civil Survey of 1654-6 recorded that the site had become a large ruined abbey (Simington 1934, vol.
Why it mattered
Grave Yard — Parkmore matters because the source ties graveyard to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: In 1568 it was recorded that the precincts of the friary measured two acres and contained the friar's house, with dormitory, hall, prior's chamber, chapel, cemetery, garden and two orchards (ibid.).
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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