Diocese of Roscrea
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The Irish Catholic diocese of Roscrea (Irish Ros Cré) existed in some form as an ecclesiastical territory, from the 7th to the 12th century. It was united into the diocese of Killaloe.[1] A recent history dates it from the Synod of Kells-Mellifont, giving two bishops, up to 1168[2].
Its see was Roscrea monastery, from which grew the modern town of Roscrea, Tipperary. It was a sixth-century foundation of St Cronan.
The territory was that of the O'Carrolls and the O'Kennedys[3].
[edit] Notes
- ^ Statistical Survey of the County of Clare 1808 - Chapter V.26
- ^ Theodore William Moody, Francis John Byrne, Francis X. Martin, Art Cosgrove, New History of Ireland (2005), p. 305
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Killaloe
