 French Church, Waterford | |
  Location within Ireland | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Franciscans |
| Established | 1241 |
| Disestablished | 1541 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Inactive |
| Site | |
| Public access | Yes |
| Official name | The French Church (Waterford) |
| Reference no. | 205 |
The French Church, also known as Greyfriars Abbey, is a former Franciscan friary which was built in 1241 on what is now Greyfriars and Baileys New Street, Waterford in Ireland. At the entrance to the ancient church stands a monument to Luke Wadding, a seventeenth-century Waterford-born priest. This friary was one of the first to be built in Ireland, being founded by the Anglo-Norman Knight Sir Hugh Purcell.[1]
- ^ Eamon McEneaney, Discover Waterford, (O'Brien Press), 2001, p.75-76