Roscommon Abbey
| Mainistir Ros Comáin | |||||||||
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| Other names | Ros-comain; Ros-chomon; Ros-camain; Ros-coman | ||||||||
| Order | Canons Regular of Saint Augustine/Dominicans | ||||||||
| Established | century | ||||||||
| Diocese | Elphin | ||||||||
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| Status | ruined | ||||||||
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| Style | Norman | ||||||||
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| Location | Ballypheasan, Roscommon, County Roscommon | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°37′29″N 8°11′30″W / 53.624782°N 8.191781°W | ||||||||
| Public access | yes | ||||||||
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
- ↑ Gerrard, David (1 January 2004). "The Hidden Places of Ireland". Travel Publishing Ltd – via Google Books.
- ↑ Tibus, Website design and development by. "Roscommon Abbey - Attractions - Churches, Abbeys and Monasteries - All Ireland - Republic Of Ireland - Roscommon - Roscommon Town - Discover Ireland".
- ↑ "Roscommon Abbey".
- ↑ CHI. "The Dominican Friary of Roscommon Town, Co. Roscommon".