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Glenstal Castle, Co.Limerick

Built 1833-38, in the time of Sir Joseph Barrington, 1st Baronet.
Sold by Barringtons, purchased by Benedictine monks 1927, in the time of Sir Charles Burton Barrington, 5th Baronet.

• References:
  • Glenstal Castle, Co.Limerick, Fr. Mark Tierney and John Cornforth, Country Life, 3rd Oct 1974.
  • Glenstal Abbey - A Historical Guide, Fr. Mark Tierney, 2nd edn, Glenstal Abbey publications, 1990.
  • Barrington and Glenstal papers in [Glenstal]

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • The Irish Benedictines: A History edited by Martin Browne and Colman O Clabagh, 2005. Has Glenstal history.

Glenstal Castle, 2007. See full size.
From Chris Casey. Used with permission.

Glenstal Castle, 2005.
From here. Formerly here. Used with permission.

Glenstal Castle, 2007. See full size.
From Andy Driver. Used with permission.

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• Glenstal Castle was purchased 1927 by Benedictine monks from Belgium, became Glenstal Abbey, famed for monastic music, also a prestigious boys' school.
• Glenstal Abbey

• Glenstal.
• Cappercullen.

• Limerick history