Holy Cross Abbey
Holy Cross Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Holycross near Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland, situated on the River Suir. It takes its name from a relic of the True Cross or Holy Rood.
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: former Cistercian abbey in Tipperary, Ireland
- Also known as: “Holycross Abbey”
- Address: Holycross, Thurles
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holycross Church of Ireland.
Holycross Church of Ireland
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holycross and Moycarkey.
Holycross
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.Moycarkey
Village
Moycarkey, officially Moycarky, is a village in Moycarky townland in the civil parish of Moycarky in County Tipperary, Ireland. It contains the extensive ruins of Moycarkey Castle. Moycarkey is situated 5 km east of Holy Cross Abbey.
Thurles
Thurles is a market town in County Tipperary, with a population of 8200 in 2022. In Irish it's Durlas Éile, "strong fort of the Éile", a tribe or small kingdom that reached its zenith in the 5th century AD.Holy Cross Abbey
- Categories: abbey, human settlement, monastery ruins, building, monastery, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: County Tipperary, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.63933° or 52° 38′ 22″ north
Longitude
-7.86806° or 7° 52′ 5″ west
Inception
1180
Open location code
9C4JJ4QJ+PQ
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building=church
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historic=monastery
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tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Holy Cross Abbey” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Holy Cross abade-etxea”
- Basque: “Holy Cross abadia”
- Dutch: “Holy Cross Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Holy Cross”
- French: “Abbaye de Holy Cross”
- German: “Holy Cross Abbey”
- Irish: “Mainistir na Croise Naofa”
- Spanish: “Abadia de Holy Cross”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Holy Cross”
- Spanish: “Abadía de la Santa Cruz”
- Spanish: “Holy Cross Abbey”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Abbott’s House and Infirmary.
Nearby Places
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