• Source: List of Cistercian abbeys in Ireland

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


Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Republic of Ireland (Trappist)
Mount Melleray Abbey, Knockmealdown mountains in County Waterford, Republic of Ireland.
Portglenone Abbey Church, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Trappist)
Bolton Abbey, Moone, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland (Trappist)
St. Mary's Abbey, Glencairn, County Waterford, Republic of 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.

Abbeydorney Abbey, County Kerry (1154 Monasteranenagh)
Abbeyfeale Abbey, County Limerick (1188 Monasteranenagh Abbey?)
Abbeyknockmoy, County Galway (1190 Boyle Abbey)
Abbey of Lerha, County Longford (1214)
Abbeyleix, County Laois (1184 Baltinglass Abbey)
Abbeymahon Abbey, County Cork. (1172 Baltinglass Abbey)
Abbeyshrule, County Longford (1150 Mellifont Abbey)
Abington Abbey, County Limerick (1206) Savigny†)
Assaroe, County Donegal (1178)
Baltinglass Abbey, County Wicklow (1148 Mellifont Abbey )
Bective Abbey, County Meath (1147 Mellifont Abbey)
Boyle Abbey, County Roscommon (1148 Mellifont Abbey)
Comber Abbey, County Down (1199 Whitland Abbey)
Corcomroe Abbey, County Clare (1194 Inislounaght Abbey)
Dublin, St. Mary's Abbey, County Dublin (1139 Savigny†)
Duiske Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny (1204 Stanley Abbey)
Dunbrody Abbey, County Wexford (1182 Dublin, St. Mary's Abbey)
Erenagh Abbey, County Down, (1127 Savigny†)
Fermoy Abbey, County Cork (1170 Inislounaght (Suir))
Grey Abbey, Co, Down (1193 Holmcultram Abbey)
Glangragh (Glanawydan) Abbey, County Waterford (1170 Inislounaght (Suir))
Holy Cross, County Tipperary (1180 Monasteranenagh)
Hore Abbey, County Tipperary (1272 Mellifont Abbey)
Inch Abbey, County Down (1177)
Inislounaght (Suir), County Tipperary (1148 Mellifont Abbey)
Jerpoint Abbey, County Kilkenny (1180 Baltinglass Abbey)
Kilbeggan Abbey, County Westmeath (1150 Mellifont Abbey)
Kilshanny Abbey, County Clare (1198 Corcomroe Abbey)
Kilcooly Abbey, County Tipperary (1185 Jerpoint Abbey)
Kilenny Abbey, County Kilkenny (1162 Jerpoint Abbey)
Macosquin Abbey, County Londonderry (1218 Unknown)
Mellifont Abbey, County Louth (1142 Clairvaux)
Midleton Abbey, County Cork (1180 Monasteranenagh)
Monasteranenagh, County Limerick (1148 Mellifont Abbey)
Monasterevin Abbey, County Kildare (1178 Baltinglass Abbey)
Newry Abbey, County Down (1153 Mellifont Abbey)
Tintern Abbey (Tintern Parva), County Wexford (1200 Tintern Abbey (Tintern Major))
Tracton Abbey, County Cork (1224 Whitland Abbey)
Beaubec Abbey, County Meath (Unknown 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




See also


List of Cistercian abbeys in Britain
List of abbeys and priories in Ireland
Cistercian Order




References






= 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.
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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of Cistercian abbeys in Ireland
• Mellifont Abbey
• List of Cistercian abbeys in Britain
• Abbeydorney Abbey
• List of monastic houses in Ireland
• Cistercian architecture
• Cistercians
• List of abbeys and priories
• Dunbrody Abbey
• Hore Abbey