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Mothel Priory Church
 

County

Waterford

Coordinates

N 52° 17' 54.3"   W 007° 25' 07.32"

Nearest town

Carrick-on-Suir

Grid Ref.

S 39649 16465

Map No.

75

Elevation a.s.l. (m)

88

Date of visit

Friday 8 June 2018

GPS Accuracy (m)

3
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The west side of the carved panel of an ancient tomb. There are six effigies of saints on this side.


An early monastery was founded here in the 6th century by St. Brogan, but nothing of it survives today.

The Augustinian Canon regulars came to Mothel in 1140 and refounded the monastery. But what we see today are the remains of a building dating from the 13th century.
The Priory was dissolved in 1540, under king Henry VIII.

Part of the south wall stands to full height with two widely splayed windows. A few metres away stands a portion of the west (255°) wall of this church, with no other details.
The church had a south-southeast transept which now houses some important and nice fragments of the church, among them some corbels and windows jambs, and a portions a tomb carved around 1500.

To the north there's the enclosed burial plot for the Power family.
Some other interesting grave markers can be seen in the graveyard to the southeast of the church.


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