St. Michael Ballinskellig's Priory
St. Michael Ballinskelligs (also: Ballinskelligs Priory ) was a priory in County Kerry in Ireland , some ruins of which can still be seen today near the village of Ballinskelligs on the bay of the same name, which is named after the monastery .
history
The monastery was probably founded in the first half of the 11th century by monks who had previously lived on Skellig Michael . Around 1210, the monastery joined the Arrouaise Order , which lived according to the Augustinian rule, with the support of the Rattoo Monastery, also located in Kerry . In 1476 the value of the monastery was estimated at 50 marks . In 1555 the priory still belonged to the Arrouaise order, but in 1585 the monastery fell into the possession of John Blake.
literature
- Aubrey Gwynn and R. Neville Hadcock: Medieval Religious Houses Ireland . Longman, London 1970. ISBN 0582-11229-X . ( Giraldus Cambrensis is given here as evidence for the move of the monks from Skellig Michael to this monastery . Furthermore, the work also addresses the speculations of HJ Lawlor that this monastery could be the Ibracense monastery founded by Malachias .)
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Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 55.4 " N , 10 ° 16 ′ 19.2" W.