It is the former mother and baby home in Roscrea whose cold and cruel past was made infamous by the Oscar-nominated film Philomena. Now the large Georgian building in Sean Ross Abbey is having a ...

Its closure was first proposed by the monks last November after a decision was made to form a union with Mount St Joseph Abbey in Roscrea, and Mellifont Abbey in Louth. The group, known as the ...

He received his secondary education at Cistercian College Roscrea, established as a boarding school for boys in 1905 by the Cistercian monks of Mount Saint Joseph Abbey ...

Mt St Joseph Abbey in Roscrea, and Mellifont Abbey in Louth to form a union. Group of monks outside church at Mount Melleray Abbey, circa 1900. Picture: Waterford County Museum The group ...

The abbey, he says, is “thriving” as a place ... Mellifont in Co Louth and Mount St Joseph in Roscrea, Co Tipperary – and to relocate to Roscrea on a temporary basis – due to falling ...

One year on from heated protests over the arrival of asylum seekers at the only hotel in Roscrea, Co Tipperary, RTÉ Drivetime ...

Tributes have poured in following the sad death of Cormac McMahon, late of 17 Cois Eaglais, Roscrea, Co Tipperary. Cormac ...

Over the coming weeks, the last remaining residents will vacate the villas in St Anne’s in Roscrea for a fully renovated and ...

After almost two centuries, the Cistercian Abbey closed yesterday as three communities merged and relocated to Roscrea, Co Tipperary. The communities of Mount Melleray, Mellifont, Co Louth and St ...

for an interim period at Roscrea. "This new community has been given the name of The Abbey of Our Lady of Silence." Silence is very much part of the Cistercian way of life, and after a continuous ...

“The hope is they will come back here. All the monks want to come back. There is more than a chance that this will happen.” Mount Melleray staff member Christina O’Flynn’s tone was ...