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Grey Abbey
An Mhainistir Liath
Grey Abbey - Ards.jpg
Monastery information
Order Cistercian
Established 1193
People
Founder(s) Affreca de Courcy
Architecture
Status Inactive
Site
Public access Yes

Grey Abbey (Irish: An Mhainistir Liath) is a ruined Cistercian priory in Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland. Currently maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, it is a monument in state care in the townland of Rosemount, on the eastern edge of the village of Greyabbey in the Ards and North Down local government district.

History

Grey Abbey was founded in 1193 by John de Courcy's wife, Affreca.

Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1899) (14784714442)
Plan of the abbey, drawn in 1874.

Gallery

  • Grey Abbey 1

    View of Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland

  • Detail at Grey Abbey

    Detail of Memorial Plaque, Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland

  • Nave, Grey Abbey

    Nave, Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland

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