A print from a disbound book of Northern & Southern Ireland published 1900. Blank on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold.
Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border.
Average image size approx 8.75" x 6.5" or 22.5cm x 16.5cm
This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.
1900 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier.
All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.
While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.
Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)
HOLY CROSS ABBEY, TIPPERARY.
This Abbey, about three miles from Thurles, is one of the finest monastic ruins in Ireland. It seems to have been founded by Donnell O'Brien, King of Limerick, and in 1182 was further endowed by his son, Donogh Carbragh O'Brien, who conferred on its abbots the dignity of an earldom. The name is said to have been given in honour of a piece of the true cross, presented to the Abbey by its royal founder. The Abbey seems to have been rebuilt about two centuries later. The ruins are very extensive, and the cruciform church presents much detail of great beauty, especially in the north transept. This portion of the church also possesses a curious passage, or small apartment, elaborately groined, believed to have been a mortuary or resting-place for the bodies of the monks previous to burial.