ABBEY LANE


The Old Convent

One of a number of buildings the nuns have used as a convent in Nenagh. The others being The Gaol and the former Garda barracks in Barrack St

The Institute

Bernard Kennedy sitting opposite his seamstress mother Nora's house in Abbey Lane circa 1936. Bernard would later grow up to write standard text books Fios Feasta for the school curriculum

Church wall and railings

Copy of Notice pinned to Chapel Door - 01/11/1797

Old R.C. Church

Nenagh Old Church similar in layout and style to RC Church in Moycarkey

Sites of the Old Church and National school

1936 photo of site of the Tennis Courts after the Church was demolished

The Rebels Den

So called because the Fenian james Stephens who was on the run after his escape from prison in1865, hid out in a small hidden room at the top of the house.


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