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
- Holy Cross Abbey (restored)
- Mount Melleray Abbey, Co. Waterford, Ireland (Trappist)
- Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Ireland
- Portglenone Abbey Church, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Bolton Abbey, Moone, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
- St. Mary's Abbey, Glencairn, Co. Waterford, Ireland (The ONLY Cistercian Abbey for women in Ireland)
Abbeys, now in ruins
- Abbeydorney Abbey (1154)
- Bective Abbey (1147), Co. Meath, Ireland
- Boyle Abbey (1142)
- Corcomroe Abbey (estd. 1205-1210)
- Dunbrody Abbey
- Grey Abbey (1193)
- Hore Abbey (1270)
- Jerpoint Abbey (1180)
- Kilcooly Abbey (1182)
- Mellifont Abbey (1142)
- Tintern Abbey (County Wexford)
- Abbey Leix (1183), Abbeyleix, Co Laois
Mainistir an Aonaigh (County Limerick) was founded in 1148 by Turlough O’Brien, King of Thomond.