Tyone AbbeyThe Priory and Hospital of St. John the Baptist was founded in 1200 AD by Theobald Walter, the first Butler. It was erected following a Grant from Butler to the Augustinian Hospitaliers upon certain conditions.
Among those conditions, unique in Ireland, was that the Augustinians should be Englishmen and that they should establish a hospital for the care of thirteen infirm persons and support them with sufficient food and drink from the cellar and a mess from the kitchen.
The Priory was dissolved at the time of the Reformation c.1550 AD.
The Seal of the Monastery/Priory survived until at least 1917 when it was known to be in the possession of a Mr. W.H. Patterson of Belfast. The Seal, which is of 13th Century origin, bears the inscription: S HOSPITALIS-IER NENAGH. Its present whereabouts is now unknown.
The Abbey is now recorded as a National Monument and the surrounding field is protected as a Record of Monuments and Places.
Sources: E.H. Sheehan: D.F. Gleeson, Department of Heritage: Ger Lewis.
Among those conditions, unique in Ireland, was that the Augustinians should be Englishmen and that they should establish a hospital for the care of thirteen infirm persons and support them with sufficient food and drink from the cellar and a mess from the kitchen.
The Priory was dissolved at the time of the Reformation c.1550 AD.
The Seal of the Monastery/Priory survived until at least 1917 when it was known to be in the possession of a Mr. W.H. Patterson of Belfast. The Seal, which is of 13th Century origin, bears the inscription: S HOSPITALIS-IER NENAGH. Its present whereabouts is now unknown.
The Abbey is now recorded as a National Monument and the surrounding field is protected as a Record of Monuments and Places.
Sources: E.H. Sheehan: D.F. Gleeson, Department of Heritage: Ger Lewis.
