List of Cistercian abbeys in Ireland
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This is a 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.
- Monasteranenagh)
- Abbeyfeale Abbey, Co. Limerick (1188[2] Monasteranenagh Abbey?)
- Abbeyknockmoy, Co. Galway (1190[3] Boyle Abbey)
- Abbey of Lerha, Co. Longford (1214[4] St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin)
- Abbeyleix, Co. Laois (1184[5] Baltinglass Abbey)
- Abbeymahon Abbey, Co. Cork. (1172[6] Baltinglass Abbey)
- Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford (1150[7] Mellifont Abbey)
- Abington Abbey, Co. Limerick (1206)[8] Savigny†[9])
- Assaroe, Co. Donegal (1178[10])
- Baltinglass Abbey, Co. Wicklow (1148[11] Mellifont Abbey )
- Bective Abbey, Co. Meath (1147[12] Mellifont Abbey)
- Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon (1148[13] Mellifont Abbey)
- Comber Abbey, Co. Down (1199[14] Whitland Abbey)
- Corcomroe Abbey, Co. Clare (1194[15] Inislounaght Abbey)
- Dublin, St. Mary's Abbey, Co. Dublin (1139[16] Savigny†)
- Duiske Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny (1204[17] Stanley Abbey)
- Dunbrody Abbey, Co. Wexford (1182[18] Dublin, St. Mary's Abbey)
- Erenagh Abbey, Co. Down, (1127[19] Savigny†)
- Fermoy Abbey, Co. Cork (1170[20] Inislounaght (Suir))
- Grey Abbey, Co, Down (1193[21] Holmcultram Abbey)
- Glangragh (Glanawydan) Abbey,[22] Co. Waterford (1170[23] Inislounaght (Suir))
- Holy Cross, Co. Tipperary (1180[24] Monasteranenagh)
- Hore Abbey, Co. Tipperary (1272[25] Mellifont Abbey)
- Inch Abbey, Co. Down (1177[26] Erenagh Abbey)
- Inislounaght (Suir), Co. Tipperary (1148[27] Mellifont Abbey)
- Jerpoint Abbey, Co. Kilkenny (1180[28] Baltinglass Abbey)
- Kilbeggan Abbey, Co. Westmeath (1150[29] Mellifont Abbey)
- Kilshanny Abbey,[30] Co. Clare (1198[31] Corcomroe Abbey)
- Kilcooly Abbey, Co. Tipperary (1185[32] Jerpoint Abbey)
- Kilenny Abbey, Co. Kilkenny (1162[33] Jerpoint Abbey)
- Macosquin Abbey, Co. Derry (1218[34] Unknown[35])
- Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth (1142[36] Clairvaux)
- Midleton Abbey, Co. Cork (1180[37] Monasteranenagh)
- Monasteranenagh, Co. Limerick (1148[38] Mellifont Abbey)
- Monasterevin Abbey, Co. Kildare (1178[39] Baltinglass Abbey)
- Newry Abbey, Co. Down (1153[40] Mellifont Abbey)
- Tintern Abbey (Tintern Parva), Co. Wexford (1200[41] Tintern Abbey (Tintern Major))
- Tracton Abbey, Co. Cork (1224[42] Whitland Abbey)
- Beaubec Abbey, Co. Meath (Unknown [43] Furness 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 [44]
See also
- List of Cistercian abbeys in Britain
- List of abbeys and priories in Ireland
- Cistercian Order
References
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p137 as Kyrieeleson, Odorney
- ^ Not included in Janauschek. Thompson, Clapham, & Leask (1931) p.14 states " A monastery, however, said to have been founded here c. 1188 by Brien O'Brien, was united to Nenagh (Monasteranenagh) as a cell in or about 1209". Annexation of this Abbey to Monasteranenagh is also mentioned by Ware (1705) The Antiquities of Ireland
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p192 as Collis-Victoria
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p218 as Lerha
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p182 as Lex-Dei
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p167 as Fons-Vivus
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p123 as Benedictio-Dei
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p211 as Woneyum
- ^ Original abbey was in Lancashire (England). In 1204 it was moved to Arklow, then in 1205 to Limerick
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p177 as Samarium
- ^ 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
- ^ "This seems to be an abbey that is no longer extant and is lost to history. Confusion exists regarding Glangragh. Thompson, Clapham, & Leask, confirming this confusion, states ""The site is said to be in Waterford , but is quite uncertain. It seems to have been in the [diocese] of Cloyne, but, by confusion between Clonensis and Cluanensis, has also been said to be in [diocese] Clonmacnoise, either in co. Westmeath or King's co. Archdall for some obscure reason placed int in Down. The founder and date of foundation are alike unknown, but 1200 is the latest date at which it was colonised from Inishlounaght"" Thompson, Clapham, & Leask (1931) p18. Janauschek accepts that until further evidence is obtained we must assume that it was in the diocese of Cloyne, Co. Cork Janauschek (1877) p.204" Stalley (1987) p. 239 calls it Glanawydan gives the foundation dates of 1171/1200 and states that it is in Waterford
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p204 as Vallis-Caritatis
- ^ 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
- ^ Most likely a cell of Corcomroe Abbey
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p202 as Kilsonna
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p183 as Arvicampus
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p184 as Vallis-Dei
- ^ Originum Cisterciensium p222 as Clarus-Fons
- ^ Thompson, Clapham, & Leask (1931) p.19
- ^ 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
- ^ Sir James Ware states: "Friery of Beaubec . It was a cell of the Monastery of Bec in Normandy, of the Order of Benedictines, by Donation of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath, under King John. But it was afterward made a cell of the Monastery of Furness in Lancashire in England, of the Order of Cistercians. For the Abbot of Bec having obtained leave from King Edward III to sell, sold that cell to the Abbot of Furness. Bec in French denotes either the beak of a Bird or the land's end. Janauschek states "In this place in the east of Meath, some Irish authors contend that there existed a Cistercian abbey, which was founded by Walter de Lacy, lord of Meath, a daughter of Bell-Bec first (in Normandy), and afterward became a cell of Furness." Janauschek further notes, that the Mother Abbey Bel-Bec was a daughter of Savigiac and was founded in 1118 and was crossed over to the Cistercians in 1147
- ^ "Glossary: Savigniac Order" (PHP). cistercians.shef.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
Sources
- Doran, Linda; Lyttleton, James, eds. (2008). Lordship in Medieval Ireland: Image and reality (Hardback, illustrated ed.). Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 978-1-84682-041-0.
- Lalor, Brian, ed. (2003). The Encyclopedia of Ireland. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09442-8.
- Lydon, James F. (1980). Ireland in the later Middle Ages (Second ed.). Dublin: 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.
- A. Hamilton Thompson Vice-President, A. W. Clapham & H. G. Leask (1931) The Cistercian Order in Ireland, Archaeological Journal, 88:1, 1-36, DOI: 10.1080/00665983.1931.10853567