Mount St. Joseph Abbey
Mount St. Joseph Abbey is an abbey of the Trappist branch of the Cistercians located in County Offaly, near Roscrea, County Tipperary in Ireland. The abbey was founded in 1878 by a group of 32 monks from Mount Melleray Abbey, County Waterford, a number of years earlier Arthur John Moore MP of County Tipperary visited Mt Melleray petitioning for it.Photo: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Also known as: “Mount Saint Joseph’s Abbey” and “Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roscrea Friary.
Roscrea Friary
Ruins
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roscrea Friary is a ruined medieval Franciscan friary and National Monument in Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is on Abbey Street, in the west end of Roscrea, on the north bank of the River Bunnow. Roscrea Friary is situated 4 km east of Mount St. Joseph Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brosna and Roscrea.
Brosna
Hamlet
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Brosna is a small village and townland in County Offaly, Ireland. 7 km north-west of Roscrea, it lies in the valley of the Little Brosna River near the N62 road. Brosna is situated 4 km northwest of Mount St. Joseph Abbey.
Roscrea
Photo: Steve Edge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roscrea is a town in County Tipperary, with a population of 5500 in 2022. It has several medieval buildings, notably the castle, and is also a good base for nearby sites across the county boundary in Offaly and Laois.
Dunkerrin
Hamlet
Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunkerrin is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland, just south of Roscrea and near the County Tipperary border. It is on the R445 road which was once the main road from Dublin to Limerick. Dunkerrin is situated 7 km southwest of Mount St. Joseph Abbey.
Mount St. Joseph Abbey
- Categories: Trappist monastery, abbey, building, and religion
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.96356° or 52° 57′ 49″ northLongitude
-7.85634° or 7° 51′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C4JX47V+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 365982622OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
building=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q16953677
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“Mount St. Joseph Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Roscrea”
- French: “Abbaye de Roscrea”
- German: “Kloster Roscrea”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Mount St. Joseph”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Roscrea”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Saint Joseph Abbey and The Guesthouse.
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