placenamesLorrha
Lothra
Carved doorways, ruined priories and surviving cross fragments mark the village’s religious past.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Lothra · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lorrha · English · main form
Place & story
Augustinian priory
The Augustinian house began in the twelfth century, although its standing ruins date from the fifteenth. Its decorated doorway includes a woman wearing a horned headdress, with traces of blue paint on her robe. Part of the complex was later adapted as a handball alley. [2]
Dominican priory
Walter de Burgo founded the Dominican priory in 1269. Six pairs of narrow chancel windows remain a conspicuous feature. After the west gable collapsed in 1939, the Office of Public Works reconstructed it, including the doorway, window and bellcote. [3]
Cross fragments
The graveyard around Saint Ruadhán’s church preserves the bases and incomplete shafts of two eighth- or ninth-century high crosses. Their worn carvings include interlace, animals and biblical scenes. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Ormond Lower
- Civil parish
- Lorrha
- Coordinates
- 53.09556, -8.11943 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414533 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lorrha. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lorrha Augustinian Priory · Office of Public Works, Heritage Ireland
- Lorrha Dominican Priory · Office of Public Works, Heritage Ireland
- Lorrha Church and High Crosses · Office of Public Works, Heritage Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-02-13. How this page was prepared.