Grey Abbey, Down

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Grey Abbey
An Mhainistir Liath
Grey Abbey - Ards.jpg
Monastery information
Order Cistercian
Established1193
People
Founder(s) Affreca de Courcy
Architecture
StatusInactive
Site
Public accessYes

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]

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History

Grey Abbey was founded in 1193 [4] by John de Courcy's wife, Affreca. [5]

Plan of the abbey, drawn in 1874. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1899) (14784714442).jpg
Plan of the abbey, drawn in 1874.

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References

  1. "An Mhainistir Liath/Grey Abbey". logainm.ie. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. "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.
  3. Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. p. 102.
  4. Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001
  5. Sandford, Ernest (1976). Discover Northern Ireland. Belfast: NI Tourist Board. p. 197. ISBN   0-9500222-7-6.

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