Mainistir Thurlaigh | |||||||||
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  Location within Ireland | |||||||||
| Monastery information | |||||||||
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| Established | c. AD 500–520 | ||||||||
| Disestablished | 1635 | ||||||||
| Diocese | Tuam | ||||||||
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| Founder(s) | Saint Patrick | ||||||||
| Architecture | |||||||||
| Status | ruined | ||||||||
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| Site | |||||||||
| Location | Turlough, County Mayo | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°53′19″N9°12′30″W / 53.888741°N 9.208270°W | ||||||||
| Visible remains | church and round tower | ||||||||
| Public access | yes | ||||||||
Turlough Abbey is a former monastery and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland. [1] [2] [3]
Turlough Abbey is located about 600 m (650 yd) northeast of Turlough village. [4]
Turlough is an early monastic site, possibly founded in AD 441 by Saint Patrick.[ citation needed ]
In the ninth century an unusual low and squat round tower was constructed at the site. [5]
In 1302 the Abbey was valued for the ecclesiastical taxation of Ireland. The Abbey survived the Dissolution of the Monasteries and a crucifixion plaque dated 1625 is an example of Counter-Reformation iconography.[ citation needed ]
The Abbey was finally dissolved and granted to Walter Burke or John Fitzgerald by King Charles I in 1635.[ citation needed ]
The site passed to the Fitzgeralds in 1653 and they were presumably responsible for the 18th century cruciform church with three round-headed windows in the chancel. Three crucifixion plaques have been built into the church. There is also the tomb of George Robert FitzGerald dated 1786. [6] [7]
The round tower is relatively low at 23 m (75 ft) tall, and wide with a rounded-headed doorway and four square-headed windows. [5] It has a round-headed doorway 4 m (13 ft) above ground level.
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