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[]
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[]
- ^ "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.
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Coordinates: 54°32′09″N 5°33′30″W / 54.5358°N 5.5583°W
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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 12th century
- Monasteries dissolved under the Irish Reformation
- Cistercian monasteries in Northern Ireland
- Civil parish of Greyabbey
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency properties
- Religion in County Down
- Religious organizations established in the 1190s
- Ruins in Northern Ireland
- Tourist attractions in County Down
- 12th-century establishments in Ireland
- Ireland archaeology stubs
- United Kingdom archaeology stubs
- Northern Ireland building and structure stubs