St. Nicholas Church
Abbey in Mohoonagh

Castlemahon / Mahoonagh, Co. Limerick Republic of Ireland

[Roman Catholic]

The Augustinian abbey was built around 1499 and was also known as St. Nicholas' Church. The church was attacked in 1579 during Queen Elizabeth I's reign. A plaque commemorates the forty monks and troops who were killed in the raid on the abbey. The ruins of the church are in a graveyard.