Grey Abbey

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Grey Abbey

Grey Abbey is a ruined Cistercian priory in the village of Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland, currently maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. It is a monument in state care in the townland of , beside the Rosemount estate, on the eastern edge of the village of Greyabbey in the Ards and North Down local government district, at grid ref: J5829 6810.[1][2]

History[]

Grey Abbey was founded in 1193[3] by John de Courcy's wife, Affreca.[4]

Features[]

Plan of the abbey, drawn in 1874.

Gallery[]

  • View of Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland

  • Detail of Memorial Plaque, Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland

  • Nave, Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. p. 102.
  3. ^ Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001
  4. ^ Sandford, Ernest (1976). Discover Northern Ireland. Belfast: NI Tourist Board. p. 197. ISBN 0 9500222 7 6.

Coordinates: 54°32′09″N 5°33′30″W / 54.5358°N 5.5583°W / 54.5358; -5.5583


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