Plan of monastery With few variations, most monasteries were built to a similar plan. They all had a church at the centre. There were cloisters where ...
Cromwell After the English Civil War ended, Oliver Cromwell ruled the country in his strict Puritan ways. Cromwell hated the Roman Catholics and ...
life in the Monastery In Co Tipperary is one of the best preserved Irish medieval monasteries; it is also a Cistercian monastery. The monks and nuns who went ...
Charles II The monarchy was restored in 1660 and the new king was Charles II. He was tolerant but many of the Protestants who governed Ireland were ...
Pilgrimages Going on a pilgrimage to a holy site was an exciting venture for anyone who could afford to do so. In Ireland, many pilgrimages were ...
Puritans and Quakers The Presbyterians who came from Scotland at this time received a special subsidy from the king from 1672. This subsidy was known as ...
Black Death In 1348 a plague called the Black Death reached the British Isles. It caused people to break out in spots and terrible sores and it was ...
Tobacco In the 17th century tobacco smoking became a common habit. One visitor described, in rather unflattering terms, the pipe smoking habit ...
Cures As the people did not understand the causes of the Black Death, their cures were not very successful. Some shut themselves away; some ...
Hurling Hurling was a popular pastime and rival teams from neighbouring villages often played in competition. Their goals were 200-300 metres ...
