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Medieval Dublin -- From Vikings to Tudors is an interactive DVD commissioned by Dublin City Council in partnership with the Office of Public Works, Dublinia, Christ Church Cathedral and the National Museum of Ireland. Here you will discover the medieval secrets of Christ Church Cathedral, the daily life of monks at St. Mary's Abbey, the fortes of King's that was Dublin Castle, see the medieval city defences grow from wooden fences to thick stone walls, explore a Viking house and medieval street, inside and out. Now its time to enter this historical adventure through this one of a kind interactive medieval experience.

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Order: Franciscans (OFM, Ordo Fratrum Minorum) Founded in 1465 Founded by Cormac Láidir MacCarthy (d.1494), lord of Muskerry Also known as: Kilkeary, Cill Chré The friary is located in the civil parish of Desertmore, near Ovens, Co. Cork, in an apparently isolated area south of the river Bride. The friary was an early Observant foundation established by Cormac Láidir MacCarthy, lord of Muskerry, in 1465. The friary, which survives in its entirety, was named in honour of an early saint, St Créidh (alias Céire), reputed to have founded a nunnery a mile east of the friary in the parish of St Owens, now Ovens. However, this foundation was also dedicated to St Brigid. The site itself is said to have had an ancient ecclesiastical association but apart from the place name there is no trace of an earlier church. A castle built by Cormac is located about 450m west of the friary, both monuments seemingly aligned to each other. Cormac Láidir MacCarthy (1411-94) was the 6th lord of Muskerr...