Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Athasselabbey North, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athasselabbey North
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47811, -7.98522
- SMR number
- TS068-013001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Athassel Priory (TS068-013----) was built c. 1200 by William de Burgo for the Canons Regular of St. Augustine and confirmed by King John in 1205 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 157-8). Outside its walls there was a thriving town which was burned, along with the abbey, in 1319 by Lord Maurice FitzThomas and in 1329 by Bryan O'Brien (Harbison 1970, 220). A grant in 1562 to Thomas Earl of Ormond and Ossory by Philip and Mary includes the 'site of the priory of Athasshell, a mill, the demesne lands and land in Athasshell ... and the lands of the old town of Athasshell' (Cochrane 1909, 281). This was followed by a lease in 1570 and 1582 again to the Earl of 'the old town of Athasshell' (ibid.). There is no visible trace of this settlement above ground.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 21 May 2014
References
Harbison, P. 1970 Guide to the national monuments in the Republic of Ireland. Dublin. Gill and Macmillan.
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Cochrane, R. 1909 Notes on the Augustinian Priory of Athassel, Co. Tipperary. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 39, 279-89.
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.