The Franciscan Order officially withdrew from Clonmel in January 2023 due to a lack of vocations and the ageing profile of its friars A last-minute sit-in at Clonmel Friary in Ireland failed to ...

The Franciscan Order has brought a High Court action over an alleged sit-in at its Friary Church in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, by a prayer group which was allowed to temporarily hold services there.