Athassel Abbey is located near the village of Golden, 4 miles outside the town of Cashel. This is the largest medieval priory in Ireland, and was founded for the Canons Regular of St Augustine by William FitzAdelm de Burgo at the close of the 12th century The monastery was surrounded by a high wall, and beyond the gatehouse is a bridge connecting the monastery with the surrounding area. Outside the walls of the monastery there was once a thriving town which was burned in 1319 by Lord Maurice Fitzthomas and again in 1329 by Bryan O Brien- and nothing now remains of it.
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