Midleton Abbey
| Midleton Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Ireland County Kerry |
| Coordinates: | 51 ° 54 ′ 31 ″ N , 8 ° 10 ′ 18 ″ W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
457 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1179 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1573 or 1541 |
| Mother monastery | Monasteranenagh Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
Midleton Abbey ( Irish Mainistir na Corann , Chorus Sancti Benedicti; St. Mary of Chore; Monaster Ore) is a former Cistercian monk abbey in County Cork in what is now the Republic of Ireland . The former monastery was located in the town of Midleton on the Ovenacurra River just before its confluence with Cork Harbor. The name Chore is derived from the Irish word cora (river weir).
history
The monastery was founded in 1179 or 1180 and was a subsidiary of Monasteranenagh Abbey (Nenay Abbey). Thus it belonged to the filiation of the Primary Abbey Clairvaux Monastery . The founder is sometimes seen in a member of the Fitzgerald family, but others point out that the monastery comes from an Irish-influenced filiation line. In 1227 the monastery was involved in the Mellifont conspiracy and its abbot was deposed by the abbot of Tintern monastery . In 1278 another abbot was deposed because he had not attended the general chapter of the order for seven years. Midleton Abbey was considered a very poor monastery. The last abbot, Philip Fitz-David Barry, obtained a postponement of the dissolution of the monastery for 21 years. In 1573 the monastery property was transferred to John FitzEdmond FitzGerald. The Broderick family, later Earls of Midleton, founded the modern city of Midleton around 1670. In 1825 the Protestant church was built on the site of the former monastery, which had almost completely disappeared.
Buildings and plant
Apart from a few stones in the cemetery, no remains of the monastery have survived.