Architecture In Down
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Architecture(now portion of the Cathedral) of Downpatrick; and Newtownards Priory. Grey Abbey, situated in the village of Grey Abbey, on Strangford Lough, Co. Down, the most picturesque of the ecclesiastical buildings remaining in the province, was founded in a.d. 1193 by Affreca, the wife of John de Courcy, and colonised by Cistercian monks from the [...]
Architecture(now portion of the Cathedral) of Downpatrick; and Newtownards Priory. Grey Abbey, situated in the village of Grey Abbey, on Strangford Lough, Co. Down, the most picturesque of the ecclesiastical buildings remaining in the province, was founded in a.d. 1193 by Affreca, the wife of John de Courcy, and colonised by Cistercian monks from the Abbey of Holm Cultram in Cumberland. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its Irish name was Mainistir Liath the Grey Monastery ; in early records it ... Read More
