What is recorded here

According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1988, 318) 'in 1228 it was stated that a house of nuns adjoined the abbey of Cistercian monks [TS083-017----] …The nuns probably lived well away from the monks' enclosure, possibly serving in the almonry or lay infirmary beside the outer gate and chapel'. This convent remains unlocated within the townland. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Cistercian nunnery, 13th century. Associated with a Cistercian monastery, it reflects the monastic expansion and gendered spatial organization of religious life in medieval Ireland.

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