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Doorways from the cloister garth into the monasteries Cistercian Abbey at Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. The Cloister has a re-erected processional doorway in the south wall of the church which leads into the cloister. Nothing now remains of the Arcade. The arcade was destroyed during the 17th century military occupation. In the East Range, the Sacristy, with its round-arched doorway, is next to the south transept. However, it was greatly altered through conversion of the buildings into military barracks in Elizabethan times including a fireplace on the upper floor. The lower part of the doorway into the Chapter House is to the south of the sacristy. The elaborate portal of five orders in the "School of the West" style stressed the importance of the chapter house where the monks met daily to transact the business of the community. The lower part of another door, also of five orders, further to the south possibly led into the parlour. The entire east range is missing and the inside of the doorways in owned by the adjacent Abbey House B&B; where the wall has been reused as a backdrop for chalets.  

Above image is the parlour and (left) the Chapter House and (right) Sacristy.

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