holy sites of ireland

Tihilly

County Offaly

St Cera (6C) founded the monastery here. When she moved to Kilkeary in Co Tipperary, Tihillius became abbot. The ruins of the church contain old stonework. There is a 9C High Cross, a cross base and a 6C grave slab.

OS 48 304 290 marked

see: C O’Brien Stories from a Sacred Landscape 208

see: Irish Monasticism, Cross Slabs and High Crosses


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