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Timoleague Abbey

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iExplore Community: Timoleague Friary and Timoleague Catholic Church - County Cork, Ireland
Timoleague has two attractions we discovered. One is the Timoleague Friary, found near the water's edge near a stone bridge. The site is very well kept, with labeled rooms and a fine graveyard with some interesting headstones. Spend some time wandering around and imagine what it was like to live the...
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Regional - Cork - Towns Ireland - Irish Search
Timoleague is a beautiful West Cork village just 30 miles from Cork City. The ancient ruins of a 13th century abbey and Courtmacsherry Bay form a magnicient backdrop to this friend...
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Timoleague
On unsupervised and unplanned tours around west Cork, one often ends up taking the Kinsale - Kilbrittan - Timoleague - Clonakilty route. This week, we made it as far as the third stop and once again into the wonderful abbey, the first thing you’ll see when driving into Timoleague. The abbey is...
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Timoleague Abbey
Timoleague abbey was founded by the franciscan order in 1240 A.D. The abbey was built on the site of a monastic settlement founded by Saint Molaga in the 6th century. The villages name comes from the Irish for House of Molaga, Tigh Mologa.The abbey was extended by Donal Glas McCarthy in 1312, and by...
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Timoleague - County Cork - Ireland
imoleague Abbey stands picturesquely at the water's edge at the head of a long sea inlet. In its day it was one of the largest and most important of the religious houses in Ireland. It was founded by one of the MacCarthys for the Franciscans in 1240, on the site already associated with St. Molaga - ...
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ALL IRELAND TRAVEL - www.all-ireland.com
It's unsure if Timoleague Abbey was founded by MacCarthy Reach, Lord Carbery in 1240 or William de Barry during the reign of Edward III because the buildings on the site date back to various periods. The original church was shorter than the current one and was probably lengthened when the tower port...
all-ireland.com

Timoleague Abbey
The scholarly Fr. Matthew Horgan (1779-1849) wrote the Maynooth Irish Manuscript 24 C 13, which contains the following interesting note: "I put the 7 verses on this subject into his hands on June the 10th, when he returned the following beautiful Poem to me on the 16 of June 1819." The 'he...
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Timoleague Abbey Window - POTD July 16th, 2004 at Holy Shmoly!
This is a photo taken through the tall windows there. If I knew more about architecture and history I could probably tell you all about the origins of the Abbey and the style of windows pictured here, but I’ll leave that as an...
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Timoleague Abbey - Timoleague, Cork - CorkTourist.com
Stands picturesquely at the waters edge in Timoleague.It was founded in 1240 during the reign of Edward 111 for the friars o...
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