Roscrea Monastery
Mount Saint Joseph Convent (lat. Abbatia Beatae Mariae de Monte Sancti Joseph ;. English Mount St. Joseph Abbey ) is an Irish Abbey of Trappist monks in Roscrea , County Tipperary , Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe , Ireland.
history
Mount Melleray Monastery founded the daughter monastery of Mount Saint Joseph in central Ireland in 1878 , which was elevated to an abbey in 1885 . In 1905 the monks opened a college .
Priors and abbots
- Athanasius Donovan (1878-1886)
- Camillus Beardwood (1887-1911)
- Justin McCarthy (1911-1944)
- Camillus Claffey (1944–1962)
- Eugene Boylan (1962-1964)
- Columcille O'Toole (1964-2000)
- Laurence Walsh (2000-2009)
- Richard Purcell (2009-)
Foundations
- 1946: Nunraw Monastery (Scotland)
- 1954: Tarrawarra Monastery (Australia)
- 1965: Bolton Monastery (Ireland)
literature
- Bernard Peugniez , Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne , Strasbourg, Editions du Signe, 2012, p. 984.