List of Cistercian abbeys in Ireland
This is a List of Cistercian monasteries (called abbeys) in Ireland. The first abbey built in Ireland was Mellifont Abbey, founded by Saint Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh in 1142.
Currently active abbeys
- Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Ireland (Trappist)
- Mount Melleray Abbey Knockmealdown mountains in County Waterford, Ireland.
- Portglenone Abbey Church, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Trappist)
- Bolton Abbey, Moone, Co. Kildare, Ireland (Trappist)
- St. Mary's Abbey, Glencairn, Co. Waterford, Ireland (Trappist); the only Cistercian Abbey for women in Ireland
Abbeys, now in ruins
Given in brackets are the date of foundation and the motherhouse which established the Abbey.
- Abbeydorney Abbey, Co. Kerry (1154[1] Monasteranenagh)
- Abbeyknockmoy, Co. Galway (1190[2] Boyle Abbey)
- Abbey of Lerha, Co. Longford (1214[3] St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin)
- Abbeyleix, Co. Laois (1184[4] Baltinglass Abbey)
- Baltinglass Abbey, Co. Wicklow (1148[5] Mellifont Abbey )
- Bective Abbey, Co. Meath (1147[6] Mellifont Abbey)
- Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon (1148[7] Mellifont Abbey)
- Comber Abbey, Co. Down (1199[8] Whitland Abbey)
- Corcomroe Abbey, Co. Clare (1194[9] Inislounaght Abbey)
- Dublin, St. Mary's Abbey, Co. Dublin (1139[10] Savigny†
- Duiske Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny (1204[11] Stanley Abbey)
- Dunbrody Abbey, Co. Wexford (1182[12] Dublin, St. Mary's Abbey)
- Erenagh Abbey, Co. Down, (1127[13] Savigny†)
- Fermoy Abbey, Co. Cork (1170[14] Inislounaght (Suir))
- Grey Abbey, Co, Down (1193[15] Holmcultram Abbey)
- Holy Cross, Co. Tipperary (1180[16] Monasteranenagh)
- Hore Abbey, Co. Tipperary (1272[17] Mellifont Abbey)
- Inch Abbey, Co. Down (1177[18] Erenagh Abbey)
- Inislounaght (Suir), Co. Tipperary (1148[19] Mellifont Abbey)
- Jerpoint Abbey, Co. Kilkenny (1180[20] Baltinglass Abbey)
- Kilbeggan Abbey, Co. Westmeath (1150[21] Mellifont Abbey)
- Kilcooly Abbey, Co. Tipperary (1185[22] Jerpoint Abbey)
- Kilenny Abbey, Co. Kilkenny (1162[23] Jerpoint Abbey)
- Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth (1142[24] Clairvaux)
- Midleton Abbey, Co. Cork (1180[25] Monasteranenagh)
- Monasteranenagh, Co. Limerick (1148[26] Mellifont Abbey)
- Monasterevin Abbey, Co. Kildare (1178[27] Baltinglass Abbey)
- Newry Abbey, Co. Down (1153[28] Mellifont Abbey)
- Tintern Abbey (Tintern Parva), Co. Wexford (1200[29] Tintern Abbey (Tintern Major))
- Tracton Abbey, Co. Cork (1224[30] Whitland Abbey)
†Note: The Savigniac order was founded in 1105 but by 1147 due to financial issues all Savigniac Abbeys were absorbed into the Cistercian order [31]
See also
References
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p137 as Kyrieeleson, Odorney
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p192 as Collis-Victoria
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p218 as Lerha
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p182 as Lex-Dei
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p114 as Vallis-Salutis
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p92 as Beatitudo
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p113 as Buellium
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p204 as Comerium
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p199 as Petra-Fertilis
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p104 as S. Maria juxta Dublinum
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p210 as Vallis-S. Salvatoris
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p181 as Portus S. Maria
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p187 as Insula Curcii. Erenagh abbey was burned down by John de Courcy who re-built it as Inch Abbey in 1177
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p160 as Castrum-Dei
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p196 as Jugum-Dei
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p178 as Sancta Crux
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p258 as Rupes
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p187 as Insula Curcii. Erenagh abbey was burned down by John de Courcy who re-built it as Inch Abbey in 1177
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p131 as Surium
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p180 as Jeripons
- ^ Origmoum Cisterciensium p205 as Flume-Dei
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p183 as Arvicampus
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p184 as Vallis-Dei
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p70 as Mellifons
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p178 as Chorus S. Benedicti
- ^ Origmoum Cisterciensium p114 as Magium
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p190 as Rosea-Vallis
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p136 as Viride Lignum
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p204 as Tinterna
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p227 as Albus-Tractus
- ^ "Glossary: Savigniac Order" (PHP). cistercians.shef.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
Sources
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- Lydon, James F. (1980). Ireland in the later Middle Ages (Second ed.). Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7171-0563-2.
- Janauschek, Leopold (1877). Origines Cistercienses. Vindobonae.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Stalley, Roger A. (1987). The Cistercian Monasteries of Ireland: An Account of the History, Art and Architecture of the White Monks in Ireland from 1142-1540. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-03737-1.