Founder(s) Count Arthur Moore MP | Denomination OCSO (Catholic) Architect(s) William H. Beardwood | |
Abbot Dom Athanasius Donovan (Prior)Dom Camillus BeardwoodDom Justin McCarthyDom Camillus ClaffeyDom Eugene BoylanDom Colmcille O'TooleDom Laurence WalshDom Kevin DalyDom Richard Purcell (current) Similar Roscrea Castle, Mount St Bernard Abbey, Damer House, Mellifont Abbey, Melleray Abbey | ||
Mount St. Joseph Abbey is an abbey of the Trappist branch of the Cistercians located in County Offaly, near Roscrea, County Tipperary in Ireland.
The abbey was founded in 1878 by a group of 32 Monks from Mount Melleray Abbey, County Waterford. The church was opened for worship in 1883 and a Boarding school - Cistercian College, Roscrea - was founded in 1905. The first superior was Dom Athanasius O'Donovan (born Daniel O'Donovan).
Mount St. Joseph contains several stained glass windows created by Harry Clarke or his studios. Three windows in the infirmary, three later windows in the chapel of the college and a 1960s window dedicated to St. Patrick for the abbey church.
Three foundations have been made from Mount Saint Joseph - Nunraw (Scotland) in 1946, Tarrawarra (Australia) in 1954, and Bolton (County Kildare) in 1964.
