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Abbey Priory
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Abbey Priory

Main Street, Adare

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 60 rated Regional in Adare
SSchoolBBuilt 1850–1855
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗
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About Abbey Priory

Abbey Priory is one of 60 buildings in Adare the National Inventory rates Regional. Abbey Priory dates from 1850–1855. 56 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

This school forms part of a complex with the medieval abbey to the south and contributes much to the architectural heritage of the town of Adare. It was built by Charles Hardwick following the work on the adjacent abbey.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21824047 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 21824047↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes

Adare · about 800 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Abbey PrioryStart here
  2. 2Katie's CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Adare Manor (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4Adare Manor (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
  5. 5Adare Manor (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
Farther afield
RaincínRegional rating (NIAH)300 mBill ChawkeRegional rating (NIAH)300 mAdare Village HallRegional rating (NIAH)300 mAdare Manor (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mAdare Methodist ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)300 mThe ForgeRegional rating (NIAH)400 m
Around it

16 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

NatHoly Trinity Catholic Church38 mRegCountess Dunraven Fountain45 mRegAviary, Main Street, Adare46 mRegDemesne walls, Main Street, Adare55 mRegAdare Town Park76 mRegHouse, Church View, Main Street, Adare83 mRegTír na nÓg87 mRegHouse, Church View, Main Street, Adare94 mRegHouse, Church View, Main Street, Adare108 mRegHouse, Church View, Main Street, Adare113 mRegHouse, Church View, Main Street, Adare119 mRegPresbytery, Main Street, Adare120 mRegKatie's Cottage124 mRegHouse, Church View, Main Street, Adare131 mRegAdare Courthouse136 mRegRose Cottage (house)143 m
More like it

Public buildings on the record near Adare

There are 4 with photos within 40 km. Just 15 km away stands Limerick City Gallery of Art, in Dock. “Town, O'Connell Street” in Ennis is the farthest, at 33 km.

Limerick City Gallery of ArtDock · 15 km away
The Milk MarketLimerick City Centre · 16 km away
Castleconnell Parish HallCastleconnell · 25 km away
Town, O'Connell Street, EnnisEnnis · 33 km away

Questions about Abbey Priory

Is Abbey Priory on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 21824047).

Can you visit Abbey Priory?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Abbey Priory built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1850–1855.

Is Abbey Priory protected?

Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.

Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).

Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).