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.


