Saint Mary's Abbey (Dublin)
| St. Mary's Cistercian Abbey (Dublin) | |
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 Axonometric model of St. Mary's Abbey (the chapter house preserved to this day in red color) |
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| location |
 Ireland County Dublin |
| Coordinates: | 53 ° 20 '50.7 " N , 6 ° 16' 9.1" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
262 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1539 |
| Mother monastery | Savigny Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
Dunbrody Abbey |
Saint Mary's Abbey (St. Mary Ostmanby; Sancta Maria juxta Dublinum; Glencairn, Irish Mainistir Mhuire ) in Dublin is a former Cistercian monk abbey in County Dublin in what is now the Republic of Ireland . It was opposite the old town of Dublin, west of what is now Capel Street.
history
The monastery was founded in 1139 for monks from the Congregation of Savigny , who joined the Cistercian order in 1147, and thus belonged to the affiliation of the Clairvaux Monastery Primary Abbey . The monastery took over the Dunbrody Abbey founded by Buildwas Abbey , but was even subordinated to Combermere Abbey in Cheshire and around 1156 Buildwas Abbey in Shropshire . Abbeylara Abbey was founded by Saint Mary's in 1214 . In 1303 the abbey and church were destroyed by fire, but were then rebuilt. The monastery was one of the largest in Ireland and was the wealthiest Cistercian monastery on the island, second only to the English monasteries of Furness and Fountains . After the monastery was dissolved in 1539, the monastery property was handed over to John Travers in 1541 and the church became an army arsenal. In 1543 a larger part of the abbey was given to the Earl of Desmond. By 1680 the greater part of the monastery buildings had disappeared and only the chapter house escaped demolition and is now used as an exhibition building.
Buildings and plant
Except for the chapter house with three lancet windows and ribbed vaults, which is now a memorial, no remains have been preserved.
literature
- L. Russell Muirhead (Ed.): Ireland , The Blue Guides, London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1962, p. 30, without ISBN.
Web links
- St. Mary's Abbey and Glencairn , two sides of the Certosa di Firenze to the monastery
- Website of Cistercians Sheffield (English)
- Photo of the chapter house
- Entry in Heritage Ireland