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A History of the Franciscan Order in Ireland (Author: Donagh Mooney)
Subsection 11
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Cork
The Convent of Cork was situated in the northern suburb of the city. It was sometimes called the Convent of Shandon, from a castle of that name belonging to Viscount Barry, which stood close at hand. This nobleman was the founder.46
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It is at present inhabited by an English Protestant, who has erected a dwelling house within the precincts. All the buildings, except the walls of the church, have been knocked down, and are now a heap of ruins. A salmon weir in the river to the west of the city belonged to the convent. For some years past the friars have lived in the city itself, in a rented house, where they labour assiduously, in the things which are of God, according to the circumstances of the times. I know nothing regarding the antiquity or foundation of this convent.