Overview
Holycross — Holycross is recorded as Historic town in Tipperary. Situated on the River Suir in undulating countryside. In 1180 the Cistercians founded a monastery (TN047-030001) in Holycross, so named as the abbey possessed a relic of the True Cross.
Why it was made
The saved account records: A medieval stone bridge (TN047-030003), rebuilt in 1626, crossed the River Suir immediately N of the abbey complex.
People and events
The saved account records: In the later seventeenth-century Holycross still appears to have been a thriving settlement as it is documented as holding two fairs in 1667 (Smyth 1991, 164), part of the original fair green (TN047-030006) still survives at the W end of the village.
How it worked
The saved account records: By 1561 this college had been dissolved and the abbey became the property of the Earl of Ormonde, however, it continued to function as a parish church and pilgrim centre (ibid.).
What remains
The saved account records: Situated on the River Suir in undulating countryside.
Why it mattered
Holycross — Holycross matters because the source ties historic town to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: This charter was confirmed by Prince John as Earl of Morton and further royal confirmations followed during the reigns of Henry III and Richard II (O'Flanagan 1930, vol.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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