Roscommon Abbey

Roscommon Abbey
Mainistir Ros Comáin
Location within Ireland
Monastery information
Other names Ros-comain; Ros-chomon; Ros-camain; Ros-coman
Order Canons Regular of Saint Augustine/Dominicans
Established 1140
Disestablished 1578
Diocese Elphin
Architecture
Status ruined
Style Norman
Site
Location Ballypheasan, Roscommon, County Roscommon
Coordinates 53°37′29″N 8°11′30″W / 53.624782°N 8.191781°W / 53.624782; -8.191781
Public access yes
Official name Roscommon Abbey
Reference no. 362

Roscommon Abbey is a former Augustinian/Dominican Priory and National Monument located in Roscommon, Ireland.[1]

Location

Roscommon Abbey is located in the southwest of Roscommon town.

History

Roscommon Abbey is an early monastic site, founded in the 6th century by St Comman, a disciple of Finnian of Clonard.

Roscommon Abbey was a monastery of the Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian founded after 1140, possibly with Arroasian reformation 1140-8 by Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair at the instance of Saint Malachy.

Roscommon Abbey was plundered by William de Burgh in 1204 and burned by the Anglo-Normans in 1235 and 1247.

Roscommon Abbey was a Dominican priory founded in 1253 by Fedlim Ó Conchobair, king of Connacht. It was plundered by Mac William de Burgo 1260. It was hit by fire in 1270 and lightning in 1308.[2]

Roscommon Abbey was dissolved before 1578; granted to Sir Nicholas Malby in 1578 and to Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia in 1615.[3]

Building

Roscommon Friary is located in the southern part of Roscommon town, The church consisted of a single long aisle with nave and choir; the northern transept was added in the fifteenth century.

On his death in 1265 Fedlim Ó Conchobair was interred in the abbey and his tomb was covered by an effigial slab which can still be seen in a niche in the north-east corner of the church. The effigy was carved between 1290 and 1300 and is one of only two Irish royal effigies surviving from this period.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Gerrard, David (1 January 2004). "The Hidden Places of Ireland". Travel Publishing Ltd – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Roscommon Abbey - Attractions - Churches, Abbeys and Monasteries - All Ireland - Republic Of Ireland - Roscommon - Roscommon Town - Discover Ireland".
  3. ↑ "Roscommon Abbey".
  4. ↑ CHI. "The Dominican Friary of Roscommon Town, Co. Roscommon".
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