Tinturn Abbey
Co. Wexford. One of the most powerful Cistercian foundations in the South East until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. In 1200, William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, set sail for Ireland on his first visit as Lord of Leinster. Threatened with shipwreck, he vowed to found an abbey wherever he could safely land. On reaching safety in Bannow Bay, he redeemed his vow bequeathing about 9000 acres of land for a Cistercian abbey. Consequently, Tintern Abbey, sited on a gentle south-facing slope overlooking Tintern stream, is sometimes called Tintern de Voto, or 'Tintern of the vow.' Once established, the abbey was colonised by monks from the more famous Cistercian abbey at Tintern in Monmouthshire, Wales, of which Marshal was also patron.
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Tinturn Abbey
Co. Wexford. One of the most powerful Cistercian foundations in the South East until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. In 1200, William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, set sail for Ireland on his first visit as Lord of Leinster. Threatened with shipwreck, he vowed to found an abbey wherever he could safely land. On reaching safety in Bannow Bay, he redeemed his vow bequeathing about 9000 acres of land for a Cistercian abbey. Consequently, Tintern Abbey, sited on a gentle south-facing slope overlooking Tintern stream, is sometimes called Tintern de Voto, or 'Tintern of the vow.' Once established, the abbey was colonised by monks from the more famous Cistercian abbey at Tintern in Monmouthshire, Wales, of which Marshal was also patron.
Part of the Ireland set
See the Slideshow