Rosbercon Abbey was a Dominican

Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...

 Abbey at Rosbercon

Rosbercon

Rosbercon is a village in Ireland, on the opposite side of the River Barrow from New Ross, County Wexford. Although the village was originally in County Kilkenny, much of it is now in Wexford for administrative purposes...

, County Kilkenny

Kilkenny

Kilkenny is a city and is the county town of the eponymous County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster, in the south-east of Ireland...

. Founded in 1267, it was suppressed in 1539. A fragment survived as late as the1820s, but little trace remains now.

The founders were two prominent local families, the Walshes and Graces. It never seems to have been a house of any importance, and little more is recorded until 1539, when Matthew Fleming, the last abbott, surrendered it to Henry VIII. The KIng granted it to John Parker (Irish judge)

John Parker (Irish judge)

John Parker was an English-born merchant, politician and judge in Tudor Ireland .He held the offices of Constable of Dublin Castle and Master of the Rolls in Ireland; the latter was a notable achievement for a man who began his career as a cloth-maker and appears to have had no legal training...

 the Master of the Rolls. It is unclear whether Parker, who lived near Dublin, intended to convert it into a house, but in the event it seems to have been left to decay. A sketch from 1823 shows a small ruin with New Ross

New Ross

New Ross is a town located in southwest County Wexford, in the southeast of Ireland. In 2006 it had a population of 7,709 people, making it the third largest town in the county after Wexford and Enniscorthy.-History:...

in the background.