- Address
- Clara
- Type
- Monastery
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14908005
The Monastery
Clara
About The Monastery
The National Inventory rates The Monastery Regional, one of 52 in Clara. The Monastery dates from 1850–1860. One other place on the record stands within 400 m.
Lehinch Monastery was founded by Brother Lewis Delahunty, who is buried in the stone graveyard to the north of the monastery. Jeremy Williams regards it as 'the most domestic religious institution in Ireland' and is a striking structure on the outskirts of the small town of Clara.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14908005 · 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 · 14908005↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding The Monastery
Clara
1 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Other recorded churches around Clara
The nearest is Saint Columba's Church (Durrow) in Tullamore, 6 km away. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Saint Sinian's Church (Clonfad) in Tyrrellspass is the farthest, at 15 km.
Questions about The Monastery
Is The Monastery on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14908005).
Can you visit The Monastery?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was The Monastery built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1850–1860.
Is The Monastery 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). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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