Kilcrea Friary
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kilcrea Friary (also called Kilcrea Abbey) is located near Ovens in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the barony of Muskerry, a short distance west of Cork city. To the west of the friary stand the ruins of Kilcrea Castle which was also built by the friarys founder.The name Kilcrea means the Church of Cr, a woman who founded a hermitage here before the time of the Franciscans. The name Kilcrea (Irish: Cill Chre) means the Cell of Cere, Cera or Cyra. Saint Cyra, lived in the 6th century, and is said to have founded a nunnery about a mile east of the friary in the parish of St Owens, now called Ovens.
