Grey Abbey, Down
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Ruined Cistercian abbey in Down, Ireland
An Mhainistir Liath | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Cistercian |
| Established | 1193 |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Affreca de Courcy |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Inactive |
| Site | |
| Public access | Yes |
Grey Abbey (Irish: An Mhainistir Liath)[1] is a ruined Cistercian priory in Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland. Currently maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, it is a monument in state care in the townland of Rosemount, on the eastern edge of the village of Greyabbey in the Ards and North Down local government district.[2] [3]
History
[edit ]Grey Abbey was founded in 1193 [4] by John de Courcy's wife, Affreca.[5]
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The pointed arches on the lancet windows and elsewhere in the abbey are one of the earliest examples of Early Gothic architecture in the island of Ireland, and the earliest example in what is now Northern Ireland.[6]
Gallery
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View of Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland
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Detail of Memorial Plaque, Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland
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Nave, Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland
References
[edit ]- ^ "An Mhainistir Liath/Grey Abbey". logainm.ie. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Grey Abbey" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI – State Care Historic Monuments. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
- ^ Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. p. 102.
- ^ Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001
- ^ Sandford, Ernest (1976). Discover Northern Ireland. Belfast: NI Tourist Board. p. 197. ISBN 0-9500222-7-6.
- ^ Villages by the Sea, BBC TV, series 4:9, Greyabbey, 4 March 2025.
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- 1193 establishments in Europe
- Archaeological sites in County Down
- Buildings and structures in County Down
- Burial sites of the Crovan dynasty
- Christian monasteries established in the 1190s
- Monasteries dissolved under the Irish Reformation
- Cistercian monasteries in Northern Ireland
- Civil parish of Greyabbey
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency properties
- Religion in County Down
- Ruins in Northern Ireland
- Tourist attractions in County Down
- 12th-century establishments in Ireland
- State Care Monuments of Northern Ireland