Grey Abbey (Irish: An Mhainistir Liath) is a ruined Franciscan abbey/monastery in County Kildare, Ireland. Founded in 1260, the Kildare poems were likely written in the abbey.
An Mhainistir Liath | |
 Northwest corner of the ruin | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Franciscans |
| Established | 1260 |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | William de Vesci |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Inactive |
| Site | |
| Public access | Yes |
History
editThe abbey was founded in 1260 by William de Vesci, however it was completed by Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Offaly.[1] Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare was buried here.
A manuscript which is the original source of the Kildare poems was likely written in the Grey Abbey in the early 1300s.[2]
References
editNotes
edit- ^ Fitz-Gerald 1858, p. 18.
- ^ Henry 1972, p. 120.
Sources
edit- Fitz-Gerald, Charles William (1858). The Earls of Kildare, and Their Ancestors: From 1057 to 1773 (3rd ed.). Dublin: Hodges, Smith, & Company. p. 18.
- Henry, P. L. (1972). "The Land of Cokaygne Cultures in Contact in Medieval Ireland". Studia Hibernica (12): 120–141. doi:10.3828/sh.1972.12.5. JSTOR 20496004. S2CID 241047096 – via JSTOR.