Duiske Abbey
| Duiske Abbey | |
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 Choir window seen from the southeast |
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| location |
 Ireland
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| Coordinates: | 52 ° 32 '28 " N , 6 ° 57' 16" W |
| founding year | 1204 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1536 |
| Mother monastery | Stanley Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
Duiske Abbey ( Irish Mainistir an Dubhuisce ; also Graiguenamanagh Abbey) is an abbey in the Irish village of Graiguenamanagh ( Gráig na Manach ; German "village of the monks" ) in the barony of Gowran, north of New Ross in the Barrow Valley of County Kilkenny .
It was once the largest of the Cistercian monasteries in Ireland and is now the best preserved or restored. The name comes from the Irish term for black water (Dubh-Uisce) - the name of the River Barrow that flows by nearby.
William Marshall (an Earl of Pembroke) and Wiltshire monks laid the foundation of the Abbey in 1204 (the 800th anniversary celebration took place, although there are also dates for 1207 and 1212). The monastery was a subsidiary of Stanley Abbey , which in turn was founded by Quarr Abbey , a subsidiary of Savigny Abbey . Savigny and his congregation joined the Cistercian Order in 1147 and were subordinate to the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The abbey was abolished in 1536 and the church became Catholic again in 1812.
The abbey
The church, built of yellow limestone , consists of a long nave with a wooden ceiling, four transverse aisles and the choir . The current church floor is over two meters above the old one. After the restorations in the 19th century, parts of the old walls, arches and capitals are visible again. At one point you can descend to see the decorated portal of the former south entrance from the 13th century. After the abolition of the monastery in 1536 the property fell to the Butlers of Ormond and in 1703 to the Agars. In 1728 a chapel was built on the south wall of the side wing. In 1774 the original octagonal tower collapsed. From 1813 the church was largely restored. The western end was completed in 1886.
- Duiske Abbey
Nave facing east
West side of the Hochkreuz
East side of the Hochkreuz
High crosses
At the cemetery south of the choir are two small high crosses of granite that were brought here, one of Ballyogan, with the representation of King David, Isaac victims, Adam and Eve and the Crucifixion on the east and spiral patterns on the west side. The second cross is from Aghailta and shows the crucifixion scene and knot patterns. An old tombstone with a cross symbol stands nearby.
The place made a name for itself because on March 3, 1831, the first conflict in the course of the Tenth War took place here. The Catholic priest of Graiguenamanagh, with the consent of his bishop, had persuaded the local people to refuse to pay tithes.
literature
- Peter Harbison : Guide to the Naional Monuments in the Republic of Ireland Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1992 ISBN 0-7171-1956-4 p. 130
