1257 – Roscommon Abbey, Co. Roscommon
Founded in 1253 and consecrated in 1257. The church originally consisted of one long aisle with lancet windows. Those on the east and west walls were replaced in the 15th century with traceried windows.
1260 – Baldongan Castle & Church, Co. Dublin
The castle was constructed in the mid 13th Century, possibly by the Knights Templar, rectangular in plan with towers on each corner.
1260s – Castle Roche, Co. Louth
Castle Roche is one of the lesser known but more dramatic Norman Castles in Ireland. Sited on a rocky hilltop, the castle controlled a pass into Armagh.
1265 – Augustinian Abbey, Ballintubber, Co. Mayo
A monastery was founded here for the Augustinians in 1216, but was largely rebuilt in 1265 after a fire. Dissolved in 1542,
1265 – Franciscan Abbey, Cashel, Co. Tipperary
‘Hacket’s Abbey’ was founded by Sir William Hacket about 1265. Despite the fact that the Anglican archbishop got possession of the friary at the Suppression,
1270 – Cathedral, Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary
The Rock of Cashel, also known as Cashel of the Kings, is an historic complex of buildings and is one of the most remarkable collections of Celtic art and medieval architecture to be found anywhere in Europe.
1272 – Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Hore Abbey is a ruined Cistercan monastery near the Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. Hore Abbey is distinctive among Irish Cistercian monasteries in that the cloister lies to the north.
1280c – St Laurence Gate, Drogheda, Co. Louth
St. Laurence Gate is a well preserved example of a 13th Century Barbican. Named after the ancient priory of St. Laurence which stood outside the Gate on the site of the Cord Cemetery.
1280s – Kiltartan Castle, Co. Galway
Cromwell’s artillery left very little of the 13th century Castletown castle in the 1650s. Two storeys partially remain (with a 3-storey spiral stairway) of this 13th Century castle.
1285 – St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
The cathedral was built between 1202 and 1285 in an early English Gothic style out of the local limestone. Over the centuries,
