Grey Abbey, Down

Grey Abbey

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

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

Plan of the abbey, drawn in 1874.

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

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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