Grey Abbey

Grey Abbey is a ruined Cistercian priory in the village of 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, beside the Rosemount estate, on the eastern edge of the village of Greyabbey in the Ards and North Down local government district, at grid ref: J5829 6810.[1][2]

Grey Abbey

History

Grey Abbey was founded in 1193[3] by John de Courcy's wife, Affreca.[4]

Features
Plan of the abbey, drawn in 1874.
  • View of Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland
  • Detail of Memorial Plaque, Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland
  • Nave, Grey Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland

References
  1. "Grey Abbey" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
  2. Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. p. 102.
  3. Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001
  4. Sandford, Ernest (1976). Discover Northern Ireland. Belfast: NI Tourist Board. p. 197. ISBN 0-9500222-7-6.


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