Clare Abbey

Clare Abbey
Location Clarecastle, County Clare, Ireland
Coordinates 52°49′42″N 8°58′6″W / 52.82833°N 8.96833°W / 52.82833; -8.96833Coordinates: 52°49′42″N 8°58′6″W / 52.82833°N 8.96833°W / 52.82833; -8.96833
Built 1194
Reference no. 197[1]
Location of Clare Abbey in Ireland

Clare Abbey is a ruined Augustinian monastery located near Ennis and about a mile north of Clarecastle in County Clare, Ireland.

History

The abbey was founded in 1195 under the sponsorship of Domnall Mór Ua Briain (Donald O'Brien), the king of Thomond. After the suppression of the monastery in 1543 the parish lands, now the civil parish of Clareabbey, were given to the barons of Ibrackan by King Henry VIII of England. In 1620 it became the property of the Earl of Thomond.[2]

Description

The ruins include a church and cloister with ranges of domestic buildings to the east and south of the garth, and a gateway and enclosures. The church was originally a long oblong building, 39 metres by 9 metres 40 centimetres, externally. The interior was subsequently divided into a nave and chancel by a belfry tower 4 metres 80 centimetres, and the chancel 14 metres 75 centimetres.

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ National Monuments in County Clare
  2. ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1837). A topographical dictionary of Ireland: comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs corporate, market, and post towns, parishes and villages ... : With an appendix describing the electoral boundaries of the several bouroughs as defined by the act of the 2d. and 3d. of William IV. Lewis. p. 336. Retrieved 7 March 2014.


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