Hore Abbey
| Cistercian Abbey of Hore | |
|---|---|
 The "Hore Abbey" |
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| location |
 Ireland County Tipperary |
| Coordinates: | 52 ° 31 ′ 3 ″ N , 7 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
672 |
| founding year | 1272 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1540 |
| Mother monastery | Mellifont Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Hore Abbey ( Irish An Mhainistir Liath , Mainistir Chaisil ; Rupes Casseliae) in Cashel ( Ireland ) was an abbey originally founded by the Benedictines , located directly on the slope of the Rock of Cashel , the seat of the kings of Munster .
Legend has it that in 1272 the Archbishop of Cashel , David McCarvill, dreamed that the Benedictines would plan his violent death. Thereupon he had the order expelled from the abbey and the associated lands. As a replacement, he brought Cistercian monks from the important Mellifont Abbey (County Louth) to found a new abbey in Hore. The archbishop himself wore the costume of this order from now on. The Hore Abbey was the last Cistercian founding in Ireland. The monastery was dissolved around 1540.
The cruciform monastery church dates from the 13th century, the tower was added in the 15th century. The ruin is freely accessible today.
photos
The ruin of the abbey
The Abbey of the Rock of Cashel seen from
Vault inside the ruin
Wall inside the ruin
literature
- Aubrey Gwynn , R. Neville Hadcock: Medieval Religious Houses. Ireland; with an appendix to early sites . Irish Academic Press, Blackrock 1988, ISBN 0-7165-2416-3 , p. 129 (reprint of the London 1970 edition).
- Harold G. Leask: Gothic Architecture to AD 1400. (Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings; Vol. 2). Dundalgan Press, Dundalk 1958, pp. 115f.
- Harold G. Leask, HA Wheeler: St. Patrick 's Rock, Cashel . Stationary Office for National Parks and Monuments Service, Dublin around 1990, ISBN 94-466-1705-8 , pp. 25f.
- Peter Harbison : Guide to the Naional Monuments in the Republic of Ireland Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1992 ISBN 0-7171-1956-4 p. 225
