Youghal Priory

St John's House is a former 12th-century Irish Benedictine monastery situated in the centre of Youghal, County Cork.

[1] It was a dependency of St. John Priory in Waterford, a double monastery that also provided hospital care and which was itself a dependency of Bath Abbey in England.

Oliver Cromwell made his headquarters here during the winter of 1649,[2] and he inspected his troops every morning from the monastery.

Small portions of the building still survive, which include a Gothic moulded door, ornamental spandrels and original ambry.

[3] The archway beyond the door leads to a passage of the original structure.

Preserved front of the monastery, including the 14th-century doorway