SRH 5. Roscommon Abbey
Apr 04, 2022, 04:33 PM
Location: 53.62504, -8.19315
Also known as the Friary. Founded over 750 years ago by Felim O'Conor who was buried there in 1265. His effigy in the chancel dates from around 1300 and also has eight niches containing fifteenth-century figures of gallowglasses, Scottish mercenaries. Much of its existing fabric dates from the thirteenth century. A chapel was added in the fifteenth Century.
Also known as the Friary. Founded over 750 years ago by Felim O'Conor who was buried there in 1265. His effigy in the chancel dates from around 1300 and also has eight niches containing fifteenth-century figures of gallowglasses, Scottish mercenaries. Much of its existing fabric dates from the thirteenth century. A chapel was added in the fifteenth Century.