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

Abbeys, now in ruins

Mainistir an Aonaigh (County Limerick) was founded in 1148 by Turlough O’Brien, King of Thomond.

  • Holy Cross, Thurles, Co Tipperary

Abbeys, No longer in existence

See also

References

  1. "Cistercian Abbeys: KILBEGGAN" (PHP). cistercians.shef.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. "Comber Abbey/St Mary's Parish Church | Ulster Scots Trail". Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7171-0563-2.
  • 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.
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