Murrisk Friary Co Mayo |
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Murrisk from Muraisc (Sea-Marsh) This small house of Augustinian
friars, located here on the south shore of Clew Bay in the shadow
of Croagh Patrick, was founded in 1457 by Hugh O'Malley. It was
dedicated to St Partick, some of whose relics were preserved
here. The only surviving buildings are the small church and the
range of domestic buildings which bordered the cloister on its
east side - the Chapter house below where the friars met to discuss
business and read the daily chapter of the order's rule, and
the dormitory above. The cloister itself has disappeared. The
church has unusual battlemented walls and a fine east window
which once threw sunlight onto the altar. A bell-tower was sited
at the west end of the church rather than in the centre as is
more usual, but this had fallen before the end of the 18th century. |
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