priory callan

joegdoyle

where is the priory in callan?

Spocker

Do you mean the Abbey?

pueblo

joegdoyle wrote: »

where is the priory in callan?

Priory in Kells? or....

Augustinian Friary Priory in Callan.

The Callan Augustinian Friary is situated in Callan, Co Kilkenny. It is known locally as the "Abbey Meadow" and is located at the North East of the town on the banks of the Kings Rover. The new Augustinian Friary located in the town via the river is connected to the Abbey.

History of the Friary
Edmund Butler of Pottlerath, a noted patron of literature, successfully petitioned Pope Pius II for the foundation of the friary in 1461. After Edmund died in 1462, the actual buildings were erected by his son, James, probably after 1467 when he received a papal dispensation to marry his concubine, to whom he was related.
In 1472 the friary became observant—its community adopted the fashion then spreading across Europe for the strictest observance of the monastic rules — and in 1479 it became the centre of the Irish Observant Congregation.
After it was closed (dissolved) and its lands confiscated by the order of Henry VIII in his campaign against the church, it passed into the hands of the Earls of Ormonde. A new monastery for the Augustinian friars was founded in the town of Callan in 1766.
The friary church is a long, rectangular building with a central bell-tower. The east end or choir is lit by a fine east window and in its south wall is one of the finest sedelias (a seat for officiating priests) in Ireland.
The domestic buildings and the cloister court unfortunately no longer survive, however fresh water well still remains on the grounds of the abbey.

(from Travelmania-Ireland.com)

nhg

I assume you mean the Droichead Family Resource Center which is based in the Old Friary, Mill Street, Callan which was kindly donated to the people of Callan by the Friars when the Friars left Callan a few years ago (it is the large building that you can see in the far left hand corner of the above picture, it is across the river from the Abbey Meadow and Ruins which are in the picture).

It is beside the Credit Union and opposite the Dentist, The Cosy Inn and the Veterinary Hospital.