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Ardfinnan
Ardfinnan (Irish: Ard Fhíonáin, meaning 'Hill of Finnian') is a small village in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is situated on the River Suir and R665 regional road. The Catholic parish of Ardfinnan is made up of three areas: Ardfinnan, Ballybacon, and Grange. Ardfinnan is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Iffa and Offa West. The village is located 14 km (9 mi) from the town of Clonmel and 10 km (6 mi) from Cahir via the R670 road. The population of the village is approximately 900 people.
During the week it is served five times a day in each direction by Bus Éireann route 245 linking it to Clonmel, Mitchelstown, Fermoy and Cork. At the weekend there are three buses each way.
In the early 7th century Saint Carthage travelled through "Ard Breanuinn on the bank of the river Suir", where he took rest and was confronted by King Maolochtair and his noblemen. Carthage made peace with them and was granted this land with a similar place at Lismore for monastic settlement, from which grew the settlements of Ardfinnan, and that of Lismore around his great Lismore Abbey.
Saint Declan journeyed through here on his famous pilgrimage walks from Ardmore to Cashel, “Saint Declan’s Way”, back in the early 5th century to meet Saint Patrick.
It is traditionally believed that Saint Fíonán Lobhar (or Finnian the Leper) founded an abbey with a leper colony here in the 6th century, high up behind the site of the now present castle, known as Ard Brennuin and later Ard Finnan in his namesake, where the village gets its name. The 10th century text Litany of Irish Saints II refers to it as “de muntir Fhinnio i nAird Brendomnaig” and closely means “monastery of Finnian on the hill of Brennuin”.
In 908, King of Munster Cormac mac Cuilennáin bequeathed one ounce of gold, one ounce of silver, his horses, armour and sword to the abbey. The abbey was said to be fled, then plundered and burnt by Cambro-Normans during the Norman Invasion of Ireland in 1178.[citation needed] It possibly reformed 4 miles north at Caher Abbey in Cahir.
A Carmelite abbey was later built on the opposite side of the river valley, known as Lady's Abbey, of which its ruin is still extant after it was destroyed during the English Reformation. There was also a monastery for Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular.[citation needed]
A prominent feature of the village is the Anglo-Norman Ardfinnan Castle, built with its sister Lismore Castle by Prince John of England in 1185. As Lord of Ireland, John issued royal charters from the castle during his brief stay there. The castle and surrounding manor was the site of numerous battles defending the border of Waterford. The 14 arch bridge was started soon after the castle was completed. The castle has a long and varied history of owners, including the Knights Templar, and is inhabited to the present. The castle is a private residence and is not open to the public.
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Ardfinnan
Ardfinnan (Irish: Ard Fhíonáin, meaning 'Hill of Finnian') is a small village in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is situated on the River Suir and R665 regional road. The Catholic parish of Ardfinnan is made up of three areas: Ardfinnan, Ballybacon, and Grange. Ardfinnan is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Iffa and Offa West. The village is located 14 km (9 mi) from the town of Clonmel and 10 km (6 mi) from Cahir via the R670 road. The population of the village is approximately 900 people.
During the week it is served five times a day in each direction by Bus Éireann route 245 linking it to Clonmel, Mitchelstown, Fermoy and Cork. At the weekend there are three buses each way.
In the early 7th century Saint Carthage travelled through "Ard Breanuinn on the bank of the river Suir", where he took rest and was confronted by King Maolochtair and his noblemen. Carthage made peace with them and was granted this land with a similar place at Lismore for monastic settlement, from which grew the settlements of Ardfinnan, and that of Lismore around his great Lismore Abbey.
Saint Declan journeyed through here on his famous pilgrimage walks from Ardmore to Cashel, “Saint Declan’s Way”, back in the early 5th century to meet Saint Patrick.
It is traditionally believed that Saint Fíonán Lobhar (or Finnian the Leper) founded an abbey with a leper colony here in the 6th century, high up behind the site of the now present castle, known as Ard Brennuin and later Ard Finnan in his namesake, where the village gets its name. The 10th century text Litany of Irish Saints II refers to it as “de muntir Fhinnio i nAird Brendomnaig” and closely means “monastery of Finnian on the hill of Brennuin”.
In 908, King of Munster Cormac mac Cuilennáin bequeathed one ounce of gold, one ounce of silver, his horses, armour and sword to the abbey. The abbey was said to be fled, then plundered and burnt by Cambro-Normans during the Norman Invasion of Ireland in 1178.[citation needed] It possibly reformed 4 miles north at Caher Abbey in Cahir.
A Carmelite abbey was later built on the opposite side of the river valley, known as Lady's Abbey, of which its ruin is still extant after it was destroyed during the English Reformation. There was also a monastery for Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular.[citation needed]
A prominent feature of the village is the Anglo-Norman Ardfinnan Castle, built with its sister Lismore Castle by Prince John of England in 1185. As Lord of Ireland, John issued royal charters from the castle during his brief stay there. The castle and surrounding manor was the site of numerous battles defending the border of Waterford. The 14 arch bridge was started soon after the castle was completed. The castle has a long and varied history of owners, including the Knights Templar, and is inhabited to the present. The castle is a private residence and is not open to the public.