Hore Abbey
Cashel, Ireland
Just 1 km down from the Rock of Cashel is the Hore Abbey, a ruined Cistercian monastery on the Tipperary plains in Southern Ireland. The name for the abbey comes from the term “iubhair” meaning “Yew Tree”. The Abbey was given to the Cistercians by the Benedictines from Archbishop David MacCearbhaill in 1270. The abbey came with quite a bit of property including acreage, mills, and other benefices. He evicted the Benedicines after dreaming that they were going to kill him as he was interfering with the commerce of the city of Cashel. It was probably a delusion, but didn’t stop him from changing over the monastery to a different order.
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