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The Lost Town of Newtown Jerpoint, it was founded by either Earl Marshall or Griffin Fitzwilliam in 12th century, just west of the Cistercian abbey of Jerpoint, near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located 3.2 km south west from Thomastown just off the N9 national primary road. It is in the grounds of the privately owned Jerpoint Park St. Nicholas’s Church and graveyard are in the town, where the earthly remains of St. Nicholas of Myra are said to buried. Belmore House stands at the top of the town, commissioned as a hunting lodge by Earl Belmore and designed by the Irish architect Sir Richard Morrison



JERPOINT PARK is privileged to host a National Monument of notable importance in The Lost Town of Newtown Jerpoint. It was founded by either Earl Marshall or Griffin Fitzwilliam in 12th century, just west of the Cistercian Abbey, where the main crossing of the River Nore was formed by a toll paying bridge. It was a vibrant town, with approx 27 dwelling houses, a court house, woollen mill, a tannery, a brewery and reputed to have had 14 taverns. It was powered by two water wheels working on the little Arrigle River. A tower house stood near the market place, where a wealthy merchant would have lived. Travelling further up East-West Street, St. Nicholas’s Church and graveyard are situated over looking the town, where the earthly remains of St. Nicholas of Myra lay a unique feature of this church is the rood-screen which dates from the 15th century; this is the gallery-like construction running across the church between the nave and the chancel. It was used to support a missive reconstruction of the crucifixion, while the floored area above could also have been used for religious plays and choirs. The final phase was the construction of a small tower over the rood-screen itself, which served as the priest’s residence. '''