The journaling reads:
A band of Cistercian monks came to the area from the abbey at Inislounaght in County Tipperary in the late 12th century. Legend maintains that the building was indeed commissioned by King Conor na Siudane Ua Briain (see below). According to the legend, Ua Briain executed the five masons who completed the abbey to prevent them from constructing a rival masterpiece elsewhere. According to a 15th-century report, in 1268 a battle was fought at Siudáine, close to Corcomroe in which Conor O'Brien (Conor na Siudane Ua Briain), King of Thomond was surprised by Conor Carrach O'Loughlain and slain with many of his retainers. His body was retrieved from the battlefield and the Cistercian monks buried him in the nearby Corcomroe Abbey. A stone effigy was built of him which is still well preserved.
