Rathfran Abbey

Better off seeing a different abbey

Went on a miserable, rainy day. We saw the "Beware of Bull" sign, but still passed through the gate into the muddy path. As we were approaching there were a lot of cows right by the abbey, and they ...

Beautiful site

Currently, this site is undergoing some renovation to build a path to the abbey. You can visit it, anyway.

Lovely place

Not easy access and not easy to find but sunset in this place is amazing. Beautiful ruins, friendly cows. Lovely walk.

The Abbey and Priory are great historic sites

My wife and I visited Rathfran Abbey and Priory. The Abbey is a great example of the historic Catholic Abbey's that were destroyed by the British.

Remarkably well preserved

This requires a little bit of a walk along the uneven shoreline grass, but is well worth the effort. The church is fairly intact (without the roof obviously) and sits in a grassy field on the river, ...