{{Infobox monastery , name = Hore Abbey , other_names = Hoare Abbey
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Cashel and Emly Cashel (an Anglicised form of the Irish language word ''Caiseal'', meaning "stone fort") may refer to: Places in Ireland *Cashel, County Tipperary **The Rock of Cashel, an ancient, hilltop fortress complex for which Cashel is named **Archbishop ...

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Cashel, County Tipperary Cashel (; ) is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 4,422 in the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census. The town gives its name to the ecclesiastical province of ''Cashel''. Additionally, the ''cathedra'' of the Roman Cathol ...

, Ireland , coordinates = {{coord, 52.5175, N, 7.9, W, region:IE-TA_type:landmark, display=inline,title , map_type = Ireland , public_access = Yes , website = , remains = , embedded = {{Infobox designation list , embed =yes , designation2 = National Monument of Ireland , designation2_offname = Hore Abbey , designation2_number = 127 , heritage_designation = National Monument of Ireland (#127) Hore Abbey (also Hoare Abbey, sometimes known as St Mary's) is a ruined

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near the

Rock of Cashel The Rock of Cashel ( ), also known as Cashel of the Kings and St. Patrick's Rock, is a historical site located dramatically above a plain at Cashel, County Tipperary, Cashel, County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. History According t ...

County Tipperary County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (tow ...

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. 'Hore' is thought to derive from 'iubhair' –

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tree. The former

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abbey at Hore was given to the

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David Mac Cerbaill (in 1270), who later entered the

, and was buried there in 1289. He endowed the Abbey generously with land, mills and other benefices previously belonging to the town. A story that is much cited by tour guides is that he evicted the

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after a dream that they were about to kill him. This is unlikely to be true and probably arises from the Archbishop's 'interference' with the commerce of the city of

Cashel Cashel (an Anglicised form of the Irish language word ''Caiseal'', meaning "stone fort") may refer to: Places in Ireland *Cashel, County Tipperary **The Rock of Cashel, an ancient, hilltop fortress complex for which Cashel is named ** Archbishop ...

. His disfavour of the established orders in Cashel certainly caused local resentment. He was resented by some of the townspeople, being considered too much in favour of the Irish by the more Anglicised. This is evident in the objection by the thirty-eight local brewers to the levy of two flagons out of every brewing and in the murder of two monks who were visiting the town. He was by all accounts an exceptionally quarrelsome man, who in his long career clashed with the

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, his fellow bishops and the Dublin administration. Hoare-Abbey-From-Rock-Of-Cashel-2012

Chronology

*1269 Archbishop David Mac Cerbaill made profession of the Cistercian rule, though remaining as

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*1270 Founded from

Mellifont Mellifont Abbey (, literally 'the Big Monastery'), was a Cistercian abbey located close to Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It was the first abbey of the order to be built in Ireland. In 1152, it hosted the Synod of Kells-Mellifont. After i ...

" the last Cistercian foundation in Ireland before the dissolution of the monasteries *1540 Dissolved and property transferred to

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. Monks continued to serve the local

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. ''Later occupied as private dwellings'' *1561 Lands granted by

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to Sir

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Architecture

Hore Abbey is distinctive among Irish Cistercian monasteries in that the

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lies to the north. The siting of the Abbey, with the Rock of Cashel close by to the north, may explain this departure from the usual arrangement.

Sources

*Breen, Aidan "Mac Cerbaill (MacCarwell), David" ''Cambridge Dictionary of Irish Biography'' *Otway-Ruthven, A. J. ''A History of Medieval Ireland'' Barnes and Noble reissue New York 1993 Benedictine monasteries in the Republic of Ireland Cistercian monasteries in the Republic of Ireland Religion in County Tipperary National monuments in County Tipperary Ruins in the Republic of Ireland Christian monasteries established in the 1260s Ruined abbeys and monasteries

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Architecture

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