Rosserk Friary is a friary located in

County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...

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and a

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. Located along the river Moy, the friary was set up by the third order of Franciscans.

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Rosserk Friary is one of the finest and best preserved of the

Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related Mendicant orders, mendicant Christianity, Christian Catholic religious order, religious orders within the Catholic Church. Founded in 1209 by Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi, these orders include t ...

Friaries in Ireland. It was founded by the Joye family ''circa'' 1440 for the Friars of the Franciscan Third Order Regular."Rosserk Abbey", Discover Ireland, Failte Ireland
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Moyne Abbey Moyne Abbey () is a ruined medieval Franciscan friary in Killala, County Mayo, Ireland. Founded at some point before 1455, the abbey was suppressed in 1590. History It was founded before the year (1455) by McWilliam Bourke family as a Fr ...

are located close to each other, north of Ballina on the west side of

Killala Bay Killala Bay ( ga, Cuan Chill Ala) is a bay on the west coast of Ireland between County Mayo and County Sligo. It is situated between Kilcummin Head to the west and Lenadoon Point to the east. and is the estuary for the River Moy. The village ...

. Both were allegedly burnt by Sir Richard Bingham,

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's governor of Connacht, in 1590 in reformationist zeal. The stone doorway leading to the church still shows fine workmanship and carvings. The church is built in the late Irish Gothic Style and consists of a single-aisle nave, with two chantry chapels in the south transept and a bell-tower suspended over the chancel arch. In the south-east corner of the chancel is a double

piscina A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. For Roman ...

with a Round Tower carved on one of its pillars, two angels and the instruments of the passion. The conventual buildings are well-preserved with three vaulted rooms on each side. The dormitory, refectory and kitchen were on the upper floor, where two fireplaces still remain back-to-back.

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Rosserk Friary Co. Mayo
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