Holycross

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Holycross (Irish: Mainistir na Croise Naofa) is a village and civil parish in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of 21 civil parishes in the barony of Eliogarty. Unusually, the civil parish straddles two counties and the baronies of Eliogarty and of Middle Third (South Tipperary). It is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.

The village developed around the Cistercian Holy Cross Abbey on the River Suir. Its population was 700 at the 2006 census.[1]

Transport

The Thurles to Clonmel via Cashel bus route serves Holycross.[2] The nearest railway station is Thurles railway station at approximately 6 kilometres distance.

History

The Abbey.
The parish, numbered 10,
within the Archdiocese

Holy Cross was founded in 1180 by King Donal Mor O'Brien and was renovated and added to during the 15th century. It became a place of pilgrimage when a relic of the true cross was presented to the Cistercians Monks. The monastery was suppressed by King Henry VIII during the 16th century. The Abbey was abandoned circa 1650, fell into ruin. The late Dr. Thomas Morris, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, inspired the reconstruction of the Abbey which was opened in 1975. The church of this Cistercian Abbey was re-roofed and restored to its former glory as one of the finest Irish 15th-century churches. The foundation in 1169 was originally by the Benedictine order.

Relic

In 1975, on the restoration and reconsecration of the Abbey, an artifact, purportedly a relic of the true cross was reinstated after several centuries.[3] The relic was stolen, along with a number of other items in October, 2011.[4] It was recovered and returned by Gardaí in January, 2012.[5]

Sport

See also

Notes

Putting the barony in its historico-geographical context.

  • Barony - an old administrative division. Eliogarty - one of 14 baronies in the old county, between Ikerrin to the north (whose chief town is Roscrea), Kilnamanagh Upper to the west (whose chief town is Borrisoleigh) and Middle Third to the south (whose chief town is Cashel).

Explanation for the use of "North Tipperary" instead of "County Tipperary".

  • Following the abolition of the former county - Tipperary - as an administrative division in 1898, the county of North Tipperary was created. This is still the legal status of the county. See also County Tipperary for further history on the topic.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Irish census 2006
  2. ↑ http://www.bkavcoaches.com/html/time_clonmel.html
  3. ↑ Archived 2006
  4. ↑ Carty, Ed & Sarah Stack (12-10-2011). "Rare precious relic from cross Jesus died on stolen in audacious raid at Holy Cross Abbey". Irish Independent. Retrieved January 19, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Carbery, Genevieve (2012-01-17). "'True cross' relics returned to Tipperary". Retrieved January 19, 2012. 
  6. ↑ The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898

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Coordinates: 52°38′23″N 7°52′00″W / 52.639626°N 7.866597°W / 52.639626; -7.866597

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