Hore Abbey: A Cistercian ruin in County Tipperaray, Ireland
Landscape view of Hore Abbey This evening, I am posting information on a ruined Cistercian Abbey in County Tipperary, Ireland. Location is about 100 miles SW of Dublin. Summary facts and information: Situated close to, and almost in literal shadow of, more famous neighbour, the Rock of Cashel. Founded 1272 by David McCarville, Archbishop of Cashel on site previously occupied by a Benedictine Monastery. Never achieved great prosperity and was dissolved in 1540 along with many other such establishments on orders o...