Baltinglass Abbey
Mainistir Bhealach Conglais | |
1536 | |
Mother house | Mellifont Abbey |
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Diocese | Kildare and Leighlin |
People | |
Founder(s) | Diarmait Mac Murchada |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Ruined |
Style | Romanesque, Gothic |
Groundbreaking | 1148 |
Site | |
Location | Church Lane, Baltinglass, County Wicklow, Ireland |
Coordinates | 52°56′38″N 6°42′35″W / 52.943886°N 6.709747°W |
Public access | yes |
Official name | Baltinglass Abbey |
Reference no. | 230 |
Baltinglass Abbey (
History
Founded in 1148 by
Baltinglass Abbey was established as a
Grangecon, a nearby village, was originally an out-farm of the monks. They operated a corn-mill in the area that the village now occupies.[7]
The first stage of the building was completed by 1170, it had become the mother house of Jerpoint Abbey in about 1160,[8] and in 1228 it is recorded that there were 36 monks and 50 lay brothers living at Baltinglass.[9]
The Abbey was occupied for nearly 400 years until it was shut down by the 1536
Architecture
The stonework at the abbey shows carved humans and animals and is a particular Cistercian form of
[16]The surviving church (56 m in length) and some of the
A glazed tile potentially depicting Saint George and the Dragon was unearthed at the abbey in 1941. At that point, it was the only tile ever found in Ireland with a human figure painted on it.[17]
See also
- List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Wicklow)
References
- ^ "Mainistir Bhealach Conglais / Baltinglass Abbey Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "National Monuments of County Wicklow in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 1. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ O'Keefe 1997, p. 53.
- ^ "Bealach Conglais - How Baltinglass got its name". County Wicklow Heritage. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ O'Keefe 1997, p. 71.
- ^ Gwynn & Hadcock 1970, p. 127.
- ^ "The Irish village at a crossroads". The Irish Times. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- JSTOR 44554278. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Cistercian Abbeys: Baltinglass". The Digital Humanities Institute. University of Sheffield. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Past, Ed Hannon-Visions of the (9 September 2012). "Baltinglass Abbey, Wicklow, Ireland".
- ^ "Baltinglass Cistercian Abbey - Monastic Ireland".
- ^ O'Keefe 1997, p. 57.
- ^ "Baltinglass Abbey - Wicklow County Tourism".
- ^ CHI. "Baltinglass Abbey, Co. Wicklow".
- ^ "Baltinglass Abbey, Wicklow".
- ^ "Baltinglass Cistercian Abbey".
- ^ Parker 1941, p. 148.
Sources
- Gwynn, Aubrey; Hadcock, R. Neville (1970). Medieval Religious Houses in Ireland. London: Longman. pp. 127–128. ISBN 0-582-11229-X.
- O'Keefe, Tadhg (1997). "Diarmait Mac Murchada and Romanesque Leinster: Four Twelfth-Century Churches in Context". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 127: 52–79. JSTOR 25549827– via JSTOR.
- Parker, William S. (31 December 1941). "A Decorated Tile from Baltinglass Abbey". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 11 (4): 148. JSTOR 25510314– via JSTOR.