Aghaboe Abbey

Coordinates: 52°55′20″N 7°30′50″W / 52.9222421°N 7.5139082°W / 52.9222421; -7.5139082
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Aghaboe
Achadh Bhó
ruin
Aghaboe is located in Ireland
Aghaboe
Aghaboe
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°55′20″N 7°30′50″W / 52.9222421°N 7.5139082°W / 52.9222421; -7.5139082
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Laois

The Abbey of Aghaboe is one of the most important of the

St. Canice in the 6th century. In his Vita Sancti Columbae (Life of St. Columba), Adomnán refers to the abbey, saying that its name means a (little field) of the cow: "quod Latine Campulus Bovis dicitur, Scotice vero Achadh-bou"[1]

History

The abbey grew into a major centre of learning, commerce and agriculture. Among the monks from the abbey was

geometer and astronomer who was abbot before he left Ireland and built the cathedral at Salzburg in Austria in the 8th century.[2] He was canonized in 1233.[citation needed
]

The Annals of Inisfallen note that "Repose of Scandlán grandson of Tadc, abbot of Achad Bó" happened in the year 782.[3]

A

Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111, which first divided Ireland into territorial dioceses, included both Aghaboe and Kilkenny in the Diocese of Ossory, with the episcopal see at Kilkenny, whose abbey church became St Canice's Cathedral. The erroneous belief that the see was originally at Aghaboe and later transferred to Kilkenny is traced by John Bradley to a 16th-century misinterpretation of a 13th-century property transfer.[4] The original Aghaboe monastery burned in 1234, and was rebuilt as an Augustinian priory.[2]

In 1346 "The one eyed

Mac Giollaphádraigs of Upper Ossory and its burning occurred during a Mac Giollaphádraig attack on the Norman fortifications which had been built next to the abbey, and which can still be seen today.[6] The ruins on the site belong to a Dominican friary founded in 1382 by Finghan MacGillapatrick, Lord of Upper Ossory.[7] The church, which was conserved by the local community, contains a beautifully carved three-light window in the east wall.[8]

The abbey was suppressed in 1540.[9] In 1984, Dr. Jakob Mayr archbishop of Salzburg visited the abbey, in honour of St. Vergilius. In 1994, Irish President Mary McAleese visited the abbey, and in 2001 the Austrian ambassador, Dr. Paul Leifer also visited. It has also been a place of recurrent heritage pilgrimage by the members of the Fitzpatrick-Mac Giolla Phádraig Clan Society.[10]

The civil parish of Aghaboe and the Roman Catholic parish of Aghaboe, which differ greatly from each other in extent, are both named after the abbey.[citation needed]

Burials

References

  1. ^ Entry for Cainnech in Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ a b "Aghaboe Abbey", Laois County Council Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Annals of Inisfallen". Ucc.ie. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ISBN 9781846822797
    .
  5. ISBN 9781846820342
    , (2007)
  6. ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). S0.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Aghaboe Abbey, Co. Laois". Thestandingstone.ie. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Comhairle Chontae Laoise - Laois County Council - Aghaboe Abbey". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  9. ^ William Carrigan, history and antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory[permanent dead link], Volume 2, (1905), page 42
  10. ^ "Call to gather". Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
Aghaboe Abbey History Plaque

Image gallery

  • Aghaboe, partially restored (1986)
    Aghaboe, partially restored (1986)
  • Aghaboe, this partially restored ruin was built in 1382
    Aghaboe, this partially restored ruin was built in 1382
  • South view
    South view
  • East window and altar
    East window and altar
  • Piscina in the choir
    Piscina in the choir
  • Statue of Saint Vergilius at the Salzburg Cathedral
    Statue of Saint Vergilius at the Salzburg Cathedral

External links

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