Abbeylara Abbey

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Abbeylara Cistercian Abbey
Abbeylara Abbey ruins
Abbeylara Abbey ruins
location IrelandIreland Ireland
County Longford
Coordinates: 53 ° 46 '0 "  N , 7 ° 27' 0"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 46 '0 "  N , 7 ° 27' 0"  W.
Serial number
according to Janauschek 		565
founding year 1214
Year of dissolution /
annulment 		1540
Mother monastery Saint Mary's Abbey
Primary Abbey Clairvaux Monastery

Abbeylara Abbey (Abbeylaragh, Lerha; Irish Mainistir Leathrátha ) is a former Cistercian abbey in County Longford in what is now the Republic of Ireland . The former monastery was in the village of Abbeylara .

history

The monastery was probably founded in 1210 by the ironorman noble Richard de Tuit (Risteárd de Tiúit), but it was not settled until 1214 with monks from Saint Mary's Abbey (Dublin) , which was a subsidiary of the Savigny monastery in France. Thus it belonged to the filiation of the Primary Abbey Clairvaux Monastery . The monastery supported the English position in Ireland. It is an Irish national monument . In the 15th century, the very poor monastery came under the influence of the O'Farrell family, and in the 16th century there were only six monks left. Even after the monastery was abolished in 1540, the convent initially continued to exist.

Buildings and plant

The central tower with some adjacent walls has been preserved from the cross-shaped church. The completely destroyed convent buildings were in the south.

The Sheela-na gig

The Sheela-na-Gig ( Irish Síle na gCíoch ) of Abbeylara is located on the inside of the south wall of the crossing of the Abbeylara Abbey, at a height of 2.5 m and is a sandstone relief with the dimensions 0.37 × 0.22 m. The condition, however, makes it impossible to classify the relief beyond any doubt. A better preserved Sheela can be found at the medieval church ruin of Rathcline, about 50 km west in County Longford .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.irelands-sheelanagigs.org/sheelas/rathcline/

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