and scurvy; Pat O'Neill, a [Franciscan] [Friar] of Buttevant died of a fever in Cork; David Roche, a [Franciscan] [Friar] of Buttevant, of exemplary conduct, died of a fever in Buttevant; and Daniel McAuliffe, a [Franciscan] [Friar] of Buttevant, unemployed and turned horse jobber, died old". By 1820, the Franciscan presence in Buttevant had ended after almost six hundred years. Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) notes the following of the Franciscan Friary at Buttevant: " The ruins of the abbey are finely situated on the steep bank of the river Awbeg, and consist chiefly of the walls of the nave, chancel, and some portions of the domestic buildings; the upper part of the central tower, supported on arches of light and graceful elevation, fell down in 1814; the tomb of the founder, David de Barry, is supposed to be in the centre of the chancel, but is marked only by some broken stones which appear to have formed an enclosure. On the south side of the nave are the remains of a finely proportioned chapel, in which, and also in the nave and chancel, are numerous tombs and inscriptions to the memory of the Barrys, Fitzgeralds, Lombards, and others". Architecture Today, all that survives of the original structure of the monastery is the church, consisting of a nave and a choir. A bell tower stood until on the site until 1814, when it fell down. The cloister and the domestic buildings lay to the north of the remains — a feature typical of Irish Franciscan friaries — though almost nothing remains of them today. See also List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Cork) References Notes Sources Franciscan monasteries in the Republic of Ireland Religion in County Cork Buildings and structures in County Cork Ruins in the Republic of Ireland National Monuments in County Cork 1224 establishments in Ireland 19th-century disestablishments in Ireland