Mellifont Abbey
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Mellifont Abbey is a historic 12th-century Cistercian monastery in Ireland, renowned as the country’s first Cistercian foundation and an important medieval religious and political center.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Mellifont Abbey | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cistercian monastery
ⓘ
National Monument of Ireland ⓘ medieval monastery ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Romanesque ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Norman period in Ireland
ⓘ
reform of the Irish church ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| dissolvedInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| dissolvedInContext | Dissolution of the Monasteries in Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedInYear | 1539 ⓘ |
| firstOfTypeInCountry | first Cistercian monastery in Ireland GENERATED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint Malachy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1142 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Abbot of Mellifont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gridReference | O045793 ⓘ |
| hadRole | head house of the Cistercian Order in Ireland ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Synod of Mellifont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
chapter house
ⓘ
church ⓘ cloister ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ octagonal lavabo ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCentre | true ⓘ |
| heritageCategory | medieval ecclesiastical site ⓘ |
| influenced |
Baltinglass Abbey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bective Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ Boyle Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerpoint Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ Monasteranenagh Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the first Cistercian foundation in Ireland
ⓘ
influence on spread of Cistercian monasteries in Ireland ⓘ medieval political importance ⓘ medieval religious importance ⓘ |
| laterUse | country house site ⓘ |
| locatedIn | County Louth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Drogheda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | River Mattock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Office of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherAbbey | Clairvaux Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySite | Old Mellifont Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Province of Leinster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedAs | national monument ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Cistercian Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siteType | monastic ruin ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old Mellifont Abbey