Well-kept convent a ‘godsend’ for €225,000

The sale of convents around the country chronicles the rapidly changing status of the Catholic Church, one of Ireland’s largest and most enduring institutions.

New Inn, in South Tipperary, is the latest village where a former convent is for sale following on the sale of the former Mercy secondary school and convent in neighbouring Cahir for €400,000.

In Clogheen, the building became an acclaimed restaurant — called the Old Convent — but many substantial and architecturally significant buildings lie idle around the country.