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Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - presbytery
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north elevation of the presbytery from the south - west of the nave showing springers of the vaults, two lancet windows, pointed door, soffit rolls and bell capital of the nave arch. Lancet windows have multiple annulets; vaults have fallen and statues rest on the the springers.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - corbel
Photograph by Roger Stalley.View of corbel with nailhead and dogtooth ornament. Arches carried by corbel have roll moulding.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - cloister, south east door into south aisle
Photograph by Roger Stalley. North - east corner of cloister showing door into south aisle. The door has scallop capitals and through it can be seen south - west crossing pier of nave with capital comprising of beaded strapwork and foliate infill. The north - west corbel of the late medieval crossing tower can be seen in the distance.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - north nave arcade, west windows
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north arcade of nave from the south - east showing chamfered arches resting on scallop capitals and alternating square and cylindrical piers on low perpyn walls. The west gable has three round headed windows with a smaller single light over the central window. The round headed clerestory windows are located over…
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave, south aisle from the west
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of south aisle from the west showing south elevation of nave with five - bay pointed arch arcade. Piers, varied in design (round, square and octagonal, the latter with engaged shafts) have scallop capitals and rest on square plinths. They are linked by a perpyn wall(damaged). Entrance to the north transept is via…
Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary - interior, chapter house, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of capital in chapter house showing stiff - leaf foliage carving.
Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary - interior, south aisle of nave
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of south aisle of nave and entrance to south transept showing chamfered arch mouldings of nave and transept arches. Quatrefoil window on north elevation of nave visible through second nave bay arch.
Tintern Abbey, Saltmills, New Ross, Co Wexford, exterior - round tower, doorway
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of round tower showing entrance portal with pointed arch of chamfered jamb and mouldings.
Tintern Abbey, Saltmills, New Ross, Co Wexford, exterior - round tower
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of battlemented round tower with rectangular window with chamfered moulding and pointed arch doorway with chamfered jambs and mouldings.
Cistercian Abbey Dunbrody, County Wexford, exterior – east end presbytery from the north - east
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of from north - east showing crossing tower, north transept and east end presbytery which has triple lancet windows with paired lancets overhead and a round - headed arch at the apex of the gable.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - base (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of base showing torus and thin horizontal rolls and a pronounced spur at the corner.
Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary - exterior, nave, south transept and crossing tower
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of nave, south transept, crossing tower and south aisle from south - west showing five - bay nave arcade with quatrefoil windows over a stringcourse and arch to south transept showing rectangular window and angle buttress.
Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary - interior, chapter house, east elevation
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of the chapter house showing single window over stringcourse at ground level and double ogee headed cusped window at upper level. Shafts with annulets at north - east and south - east corners, latter with foliate capital.
Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary - interior, vault under crossing
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of vault under crossing showing quadripartite vault with transverse ribs and liernes forming two octagons in the centre. Similar vaults survive at Cashel Cathedral, Holycross Abbey and Kilcooly in the same county, and at various locations in Co. Kilkenny.
Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary - interior, crossing
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of the crossing and quadripartite vault from the east showing chamfered arch mouldings on the crossing arch and corbels supporting chamfered soffit ribs.
Tintern Abbey, Saltmills, New Ross, Co Wexford, exterior - presbytery, east end from the north - east
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of east end of presbytery from the north - east showing lancet window and angle buttresses; north elevation of the presbytery with clasping buttresses and corbel table above outline of lancet windows (built up); crossing tower with crow - stepped gables, stepped buttress at north - east corner and stair turret at…
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - Romanesque pier capital with decorative carving
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Decorative carving on the capital of the south - west crossing pier showing beaded abstract geometric design. Behind this is another capital with scallops and beading.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - cloister, pier - figural carving
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of cloister showing round chamfered arches carried on 'dumb - bell' piers with bell capitals, water - holding bases and figural carvings. The 'dumb - bell' pier, here with round pseudo - colonnettes, later became a standard feature of Irish cloister designs. The foreground pier depicts a female figure in…
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior, cloister - pier sculpture
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of sculptured bracket on dumb - bell pier in cloister depicting a man in contemporary dress.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, chancel - sedilia
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Sedilia of three round - headed niches highlighted with bands of chevron ornament.