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==History==
An [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] abbey operated on the site from 1270/1290 before being suppressed in 1540.
 
After the [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland|Cromwellian conquest]] (1650s) the land came to Erasmus Smith. He established [[grammar school]]s in Tipperary, [[Galway]] and [[Drogheda]], where the sons of his Protestant tenants were educated.