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Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - chapter house

Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior view of the Chapter House showing doorway with receding orders on chamfered bases, rib - vaulted ceiling and a selection of moulded stone fragments including scalloped capitals, voussoirs and corbels.

Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - chapter house

Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of chapter house showing dressed splayed stone reveal with rere - arch elaborated with foliate capital and shaft.

Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - arcade pier

Photograph by Roger Stalley. North transept, east arcade, first pier (seen from the south) showing square piers with roll - and - fillet angle shafts. Shafts flanked by three - quarter hollows and fillets. Hollows run into a chamfer at base.

Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - north transept, door jamb

Photograph by Roger Stalley. North transept door in three moulded orders. Inner square order has angle shaft flanked by three - quarter hollows and fillets. Outer two orders have plan shafts with water - holding bases on round plinths. These shafts flanked at inner faces by hollows and round shafts and at outer faces by hollows and roll - and -…

Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - lavabo, arch and capital

Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of lavabo arch and capital. The damaged capital shows remains of affronted winged birds or hybrids. The abacus is plan. The string - course above the capital is broken. The soffit is moulded with a triplet of roll - and - fillets, each separated by a fillet. The soffit rolls are separated from the outer orders by a…

Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - north transept, pier and doorway

Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior view of northern transept showing half - pier abutting wall and doorway. Half - pier has roll - and - fillet angle shafts flanked by hollows and fillets. Doorway leading to newel stair has plain chamfered jambs terminating in pyramidal stops at base.

Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - base (detail)

Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of base showing torus and thin horizontal rolls and a pronounced spur at the corner.

Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - cloister, pier - figural carving

Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of cloister showing round chamfered arches carried on 'dumb - bell' piers with bell capitals, water - holding bases and figural carvings. The 'dumb - bell' pier, here with round pseudo - colonnettes, later became a standard feature of Irish cloister designs. The foreground pier depicts a female figure in…

Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, monks' doorway

Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of monk's doorway in south ailse. Receding orders show alternating roll - and - fillet and dogtooth arch mouldings enclosed by hood mould with foliate carved label stop. The inner order is chamfered and multi - cusped; the west capital shows fine stiff - leaf foliage and the east one chevron ornament as well as…

Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, detail of monks' doorway

Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of monks' doorway in south elevation of nave showing jambs and capitals (damaged)with dogtooth and chevron ornament.

Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, detail of monks' doorway

Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of the monks' doorway in south aisle showing jambs and orders. One capital is badly damaged but the other shows fine stiff - leaf foliage carving and cable moulding. Soffit mouldings show dogtooth and roll - and - fillet designs while the jambs are plain shafts. Inner order of doorway has cusped, round - headed…

Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - presbytery, window and springer detail

Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north - east corner of presbytery showing rib vault springer, rib mouldings comprise of roll - and - fillets flanked by rolls; vault supported by bell capital and filleted shaft. Lancet window on north elevation of presbytery has multiple annulets; rere - arch suported by bell capital.

Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - presbytery

Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north elevation of the presbytery from the south - west of the nave showing springers of the vaults, two lancet windows, pointed door, soffit rolls and bell capital of the nave arch. Lancet windows have multiple annulets; vaults have fallen and statues rest on the the springers.

Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave arcade, cluster pier and capitals

Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of south - east jamb and capital of the nave arch to the presbytery showing soffit rolls of the arch resting on bell capitals and filleted shafts. There are remains of dogtooth ornament on the necking of the centre capital.