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School: Lowtown (B.), Galbally

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Galbally, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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    Local Ruins
    The Moore Abbey stands in the parish of Galbally. It is about half a mile to the east of Galbally Village.
    It was built by Donal Cairbre O'Brien, Prince of Thomond in 1212 for the Franciscan Fathers.
    For three and a half centuries it carried on its holy work until the land of the tyrant destroyed it in 1567. The Glen of Aherlow is nearby. It was in this valley Geoffrey Keating wrote the history of Ireland. He is said to have spent some years in the Moore Abbey.
    The side walls of the Abbey are about twenty - three feet thick. The length inside is about one hundred feet and the breadth inside is about twenty three feet. The original height was about seventy feet.
    The side wall
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Ó Cuimín
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Galbally, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    James Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    35
    Address
    Galbally, Co. Limerick