Tintern Abbey, County Wexford
Mainistir Thinteirn | |
Monastery information | |
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Other names | Tintern de Voto |
Order | Cistercians |
Established | c.1200[1] |
Disestablished | 25 July 1539 |
Mother house | Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire |
Diocese | Ferns |
People | |
Founder(s) | William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Abandoned |
Style | Cistercian |
Site | |
Location | Hook Peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland |
Coordinates | 52°14′13″N 6°50′17″W / 52.237°N 6.838°W |
Public access | yes |
Official name | Tintern Abbey |
Reference no. | 506 & 614[2] |
Tintern Abbey was a
.The Abbey – which is today in ruins, some of which have been restored – was founded in c.1200 by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, as the result of a vow he had made when his boat was caught in a storm nearby.[1] While the specific date of foundation is unconfirmed in some sources, in a 1917 analysis for the Royal Irish Academy, church historian J. H. Bernard suggests a foundation date of 3 December 1200.[3]
Once established, the abbey was colonised by monks from the Cistercian abbey at Tintern in Monmouthshire, Wales, of which Marshal was also patron. To distinguish the two, the mother house in Wales was sometimes known as "Tintern Major" and the abbey in Ireland as "Tintern de Voto" (Tintern of the vow).[4][5]
After the
Between 1982 and 2007, the
Gallery
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Tintern abbey
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Grounds and river
See also
- List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Wexford)
References
- ^ a b "Churches, Abbeys and Monasteries - Tintern Abbey". discoverireland.ie. Fáilte Ireland. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "National monuments - Wexford" (PDF). National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship. National Monuments Service. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ Bernard, J.H. (March 1917). "Foundation of Tintern Abbey (Co. Wexford)". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. XXXIII (17). Hodges, Figgis & Co. Ltd (Dublin): 528.
- ^ a b c "Tintern Cistercian Abbey". Monastic Ireland. The Discovery Programme. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ The 'vow' in question being Marshal's vow (to build the abbey if he survived the storm)
- ^ "Tintern Abbey". wexfordweb.com. Wexford Web. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ "Abbey loses one set of visitors and gets ready for another". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 11 February 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Abbey permits special access for bats". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 14 July 1999. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Fire at Tintern 'may have been arson'". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
External links
- Media related to Tintern Abbey at Wikimedia Commons