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]
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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
- ↑ "An Mhainistir Liath/Grey Abbey". logainm.ie. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "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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