abbeyleix

Updated: May 13, 2025

The Cathedral contains some interesting monuments of the Butlers, and there are many curiously channelled burial slabs in the floor, like some still preserved in the ruins of Abbeyleix. Lord de Vesci pointed out to me several tombs of families of English origin once powerful here, but now sunk into the farmer class.

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)

This morning before we left Abbeyleix she showed us two such cloaks, types from two different provinces, each in its way admirable.

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)