Corcomroe Abbey
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Corcomroe Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Chorca Mrua[1]) is an early 13th-century Cistercian monastery located in the north of the Burren region of County Clare, Ireland, a few miles east of the village of Ballyvaughan in the Barony of Burren. It was once known as "St. Mary of the Fertile Rock", a reference to the Burren's fertile soil.
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Mainistir Chorco Modhruadh | |
Monastery information | |
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Other names | Abbey Church of Saint Mary of the Fertile Rock, Corcomroe |
Order | Cistercians |
Established | 1180–1200 |
Disestablished | 1554 |
Diocese | Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora |
People | |
Founder(s) | Domnall Mór Ua Briain or Donough Cairbreach |
Architecture | |
Status | Inactive |
Style | Gothic |
Site | |
Location | County Clare, Ireland |
Coordinates | 53.126703°N 9.054014°W / 53.126703; -9.054014 |
Public access | Yes |
Official name | Corcomroe Abbey |
Reference no. | 11 |
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The Gothic ruins feature stone carvings that are considered to be among the finest in a Cistercian church in Ireland.[2]: 7 The abbey appears in W. B. Yeats' play The Dreaming of Bones.[2]: 14 They constitute a National Monument and are open to the public.