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Crooke Preceptory

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nearby. The latter, known as Crooke Castle, and located less than 50m from the church, was built to a rectangular ground plan and reputedly had a height of approximately 8 metres (26 ft). While only two walls and the remains of a destroyed staircase survive, mid-19th century records suggest that
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WA018-023001- Religious house - Knights Hospitallers Townland: Crooke A preceptory of the Knights Templar was founded at Crooke before 1180, but its possessions passed to the Knights Hospitallers of Killure (WA017-018001-) in 1327 As a parish church it was described as in good repair in
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By the suppression of the monasteries in 1541, the possessions of the former monastery at Crooke had reduced to 120 acres and it is likely that the church functioned as a parish church Crooke Tower House - is located 50m to the south of the
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Crook, a parish, in the barony of Gaultier, county of Waterford A castle was founded here in the 13th century by the Baron of Curraghmore, which subsequently became a preceptory of the Knights of St. John of
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Crooke Preceptory was founded sometime before 1180. Together with nearby Crooke Castle, the site passed to the Knights Hospitallers of Killure in 1327. It was seized at the time of
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In the thirteenth century the Knights Templars established a preceptory at Crooke with a strong castle, of which only a corner survives at the nearby overgrown holy well
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of Crooke and the present day parish of Killea Crooke and Faithlegg. The church is associated with the nearby (13th century) Crook Castle
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The following is a list of the monasteries suppressed in Co. Waterford: the Hospitallers' houses of Crook, Killure, Kilbarry and Rinncru
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Documents illustrating the history of Waterford: 1 – The Protestant diocese of Waterford in 1615
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The remains of Crooke Castle lie approximately 50 metres south of Crooke Preceptory's church
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Surrounded by a graveyard, the ruin of the Crooke Preceptory church is described by the
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Surrounded by cut-stone walls ("that are 16th/17th century in character") there is a
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Power, Patrick (1891). "The Ancient Ruined Churches of Co. Waterford".
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The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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Medieval religious houses in Ireland. Irish Academic Press
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Religious buildings and structures in County Waterford
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is a ruined church, traditionally associated with the
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Index

Knights Templar
Knights Hospitaller
County Waterford
townland
tower house
destruction of the monasteries in 1541

lancet windows
holy well
tower house
barrel vault







Moore 1999
Power 1891
Lewis 1837
Discover Dunmore
Power 1933


WAJ 1902


Waterford Co Co
Gwynn & Hadcock 1970

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