Ballintubber Abbey

Ballintubber Abbey is a Catholic church in the village of Ballintubber ( Irish Baile Tobair Phadraig ), which is about 15 km south of Castlebar in County Mayo . It is a former residence of the Augustinian Canons and the only surviving church in Ireland that was commissioned by an Irish king.

Ballintubber Abbey was completed in 1216 on the orders of King Cathal O'Conor after eight years of construction. A legend , according to the king's order had previously been performed incorrectly and it was an abbey in Ballintober (Irish Baile Tobair Bhrighde ) in County Roscommon built. After the misunderstanding was noticed, the monarch is said to have ordered the new building in an even more splendid execution in the right place.

An early Christian monastery on the An Muirthead peninsula was taken over by Ballintubber as a daughter house and in 1400 by Boniface IX. approved.

Despite many threats - including Oliver Cromwell's Protestant army trying to burn the church down in 1650 - Ballintubber Abbey is still one of the attractions in County Mayo after 780 years. Many celebrity weddings (including Pierce Brosnan , 2001 and Michael Patrick Kelly , 2013) take place in the delightful setting of the church .

Around the abbey building there is a way of the cross embedded in the grounds .

On Reek Sunday , the last Sunday in July, pilgrims meet to hike 22 miles from Ballintubber to Croagh Patrick (Irish Cruach Phádraig ).

Ballintubber Abbey
Restored remains of the cloister
Longhouse, looking west
Look at the choir
Choir room

Web links

Commons : Ballintubber Abbey - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website (English)

Individual evidence

^ Foundation of Ballintubber Abbey ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), www.ballintubberabbey.ie
^ WH Bliss, JA Twemlow (Ed.): Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland . Volume 5: 1398-1404, 1904, Lateran Regesta 81: 1399-1401, pp. 321–337 ( british-history.ac.uk [accessed June 20, 2014] entry 10 Kal. May. St. Peter's, Rome. (F. 254.) ).
^ Aubrey Gwynn , R. Neville Hadcock: Medieval Religious Houses Ireland . Longman, London 1970, ISBN 0-582-11229-X , pp. 168 .

53.757267 -9.282407Coordinates: 53 ° 45 ′ 26.2 " N , 9 ° 16 ′ 56.7" W.

[1] Foundation of Ballintubber Abbey ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), www.ballintubberabbey.ie

[2] WH Bliss, JA Twemlow (Ed.): Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland . Volume 5: 1398-1404, 1904, Lateran Regesta 81: 1399-1401, pp. 321–337 ( british-history.ac.uk [accessed June 20, 2014] entry 10 Kal. May. St. Peter's, Rome. (F. 254.) ).

[3] Aubrey Gwynn , R. Neville Hadcock: Medieval Religious Houses Ireland . Longman, London 1970, ISBN 0-582-11229-X , pp. 168 .