Killester

  • Killester Abbey

    Bystreetsbroadandnarrowie

    There is a reference to ‘a decayed chapell’ in Killester as far back as 1654, in the Civil Survey, and Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary says ‘Killester House, the property of Gen. Luscombe, in which are incorporated the remains of an old abbey‘. In the Ordnance Survey Name Books, ‘Killester Abbey’ is described as a ‘two story…