Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea
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| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Trappists |
| Established | 21 March 1878 |
| Diocese | Killaloe |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Count Arthur Moore MP |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Active |
| Site | |
| Location | Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Public access | Yes |
Mount St. Joseph Abbey is an abbey of the Trappist branch of the Cistercians located in County Offaly, near Roscrea, County Tipperary in Ireland.
The abbey was founded in 1878 by a group of 32 monks from Mount Melleray Abbey, County Waterford, a number of years earlier Arthur John Moore MP of County Tipperary visited Mt Melleray petitioning for it. The church was opened for worship in 1883, on 600 acres in Mount Heaton, Roscrea, and a Boarding school - Cistercian College, Roscrea - was founded in 1905. The first superior was Dom Athanasius O'Donovan (born Daniel O'Donovan).[1]
Mount St. Joseph contains several stained glass windows created by Harry Clarke or his studios. Three windows in the infirmary, three later windows in the chapel of the college and a 1960s window dedicated to St. Patrick for the abbey church.[2]
Three foundations have been made from Mount Saint Joseph - Nunraw (Scotland) [3] in 1946, Tarrawarra (Australia) in 1954, and Bolton Abbey, Moone,[4] (County Kildare) in 1964.
Nationalist, MP, Catholic and Home Rule supporter Count Arthur John Moore, who donated the 600-acre property and buildings to the Cistercians, where the abbey and college are, is buried in Mount St Joseph.
Abbots
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- Dom Athanasius Donovan (Prior)
- Dom Camillus Beardwood (1887)
- Dom Justin McCarthy (1911)
- Dom Camillus Claffey (1944)
- Dom Eugene Boylan (1962)
- Dom Colmcille O'Toole (1964-2000)[5]
- Dom Laurence Walsh (2000)[6]
- Dom Kevin Daly
- Dom Richard Purcell (2009-2017) - became Abbot of Mount Melleray
- Dom Malachy Thompson (Superior)[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Genealogical Memoir of the O'Donovans,Ch. 6. by Rev. Michael O'Donovan, published 1902
- ^ "Mount St Joseph Abbey Roscrea". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Our History".
- ^ "History | Cistercian Monastery of Bolton AbbeySeeking God as a Way of Life".
- ^ 'Gregory's Angels: A History of the Abbeys, Priories, Parishes and Schools of the Monks and Nuns' By Gordon Beattie OSB, 1997.
- ^ Abbot of Mount St Joseph, Roscrea, installed Irish Times, 21 August 2000.
- ^ "Roscrea – Biographia Cisterciensis".
External links
[edit]- Mount St. Joseph Abbey - official website.
- Cistercian College, Roscrea - official website.