Friary in Timoleague
Franciscan friary from late 13th century.
Timoleague Friary, County Cork, Ireland HDR
The Timoleague Friary in County Cork, Ireland was founded by the Franciscans in 1240 A.D. on site of an ancient monastery of St. Malaga. St. Malaga is credited with bringing beekeeping to Ireland. Honey production is still evident in the area. Cromwellian soldiers burned the Friary down in 1642. Today it serves as a community graveyard.
Walk through Timoleague Abbey
A walk through the ruins of the Franciscan abbey at Timoleague in West Cork, Ireland.
Timoleague Abbey, Wild Atlantic Way, Cork, Ireland
Timoleague Abbey, Wild Atlantic Way, Cork, Ireland
Timoleague Abbey is an official Wild Atlantic Way Discovery Point in County Cork, Ireland. The Franciscan Abbey was founded in 1240 A.D., on the site of a 6th century monastic settlement.
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Monasteries of Ireland - County Cork
Tribute video to the monasteries in County Cork, Ireland.
Music - Maggie by Countdown Orchestra.
NOTE: This video does not contain all monasteries in County Cork, Ireland but a selection of those that caught my eye or tickled my fancy.
Monastery Listing -
Abbeymahon Abbey (Cistercian monks fd. 1278 by Count McSheribay)
Abbeystrowry Abbey (Cistercian monks fd. 14th century)
Aghamanister Abbey (Cistercian monks fd. 1172 by Dermot MacCormac MacCarthy, King of Desmond)
Ballybeg Priory (Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 1229 by Philip de Barry)
Bridgetown Abbey (Augustinian Canons Regular fd. early 13th century by alexander FitzHugh Roche)
Buttevant Friary (Franciscan Friars fd. 1251 (or 1290) by David Oge Barry, Lord Buttevant)
Cloyne Cathedral Monastery and Nummery (dst. many times by Vikings)
Cork Augustinian Monastery (Augustinian Canons Regular fd. 14th/15th century by Lord Kinsale)
Kilcrea Friary (Franciscan Friars fd. 1465 by Cormac MacCarthy more, King of Desmond)
Mourne Abbey (Knights Templar fd. 13th century by Alexander de Sancta Helena)
Timoleague Friary (Franciscan Friars trns from Cregan 1279, blt on the site of an earlier monastery)
Audio Listing:
Countdown Orchestra - Maggie
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Bangor Abbey Co Down Northern ireland
I've stopped off to have a look round the Abbey in the seaside town Bangor Co Down Northern Ireland.
Bangor Abbey was established by Saint Comgall in 558 in Bangor, and was famous as a Christian teaching and learning centre for hundreds of years. The name Bangor was sometimes written Beannchor'. It was also called the Vale of Angels, because, according to a popular legend, St. Patrick once rested there and saw the valley filled with angels.
Saint Comgall was born in Antrim in 517, and educated at Clooneenagh Co Clare and Clonmacnoise County Offaly. The spirit of monasticism was then strong in Ireland. Many sought solitude the better to serve God, and with this object Comgall retired to a lonely island. The pleadings of his friends drew him from his retreat and he went on to found a monastery of Bangor.
Under his rule, which was rigid, prayer and fasting were incessant. Food was scant and plain. Worship held the foremost place in the life of the community. It is clear that music was a prominent feature of the worship of the Bangor monks. Crowds came to share his penances and his vigils. They also came to be taught from the Scriptures.
Bangor Abbey is regarded as one of the most important of the early Northern Irish monastic sites, second only to Armagh. Within the extensive rampart which encircled its monastic buildings, students studied scripture, theology, logic, geometry, arithmetic, music, and the classics. Mo Sinu moccu Min was the fifth abbot of Bangor. It is thought that he tutored Columbanus.
Bangor was a major center of learning—called the Light of the World—and trained many missionaries. Carthach of Lismore studied at Bangor, as did Fintan of Doon. Saint Mirin was a prior at Bangor before leaving to found Paisley Abbey in Renfrewshire. Columbanus and Gall went off to Continental Europe in 590 AD and founded the famous monasteries of Luxiell (France), St Gallen (Switzerland) and Bobbio (Italy).
Like many early Irish monasteries, Bangor was destroyed and rebuilt on many occasions. Being near the sea it was probably plundered by Viking raiders. It was in such a poor state that when St. Malachy became Abbot of Bangor in 1121 he had to build everything anew. In 1469, the Franciscans had possession of it, and a century later the Augustinians, after which, at the dissolution of the monasteries, it was given by James I to Sir James Hamilton who repaired the church in 1617 and was buried in it when he died in 1644. It appears that stone from the abbey was used in the construction of the new church. All that remains of the Abbey ruins is St. Malachy's Wall. The present Tower of the church dates back to the 14th century.
Monastery: An encounter with Christ
As the Franciscans commemorate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi's meeting with the sultan of Egypt, they highlight the mission of their Washington monastery as a way to walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
Aerial view of Quin abbey Co. Clare
17 august 2015
Quin Abbey, is a ruined Franciscan abbey or friary in Quin, roughly 9 miles from Ennis, County Clare in Ireland. It was built in the Gothic style in the early 15th century on the remains of an earlier Norman castle. The abbey had a turbulent history, with the friars driven off or killed numerous times. Officially suppressed in 1541, the abbey continued to be inhabited by a small number of friars until 1820. Today, Quin Abbey is a National Monument.
Creevelea Abbey Ruins, Dromahair, Leitrim, Ireland
The Creevelea Abbey ruins are revered remnants of a Franciscan monastery located in the green hills of North Leitrim in the village of Dromahair. The British destroyed the abbey twice, once in the sixteenth century under Henry the eighth and one in the seventeen century during the era of Oliver Cromwell. The monks rebuilt both times, but they left the monastery toward the end of the seventeenth century. It graces the landscape of County Leitrim and serves as a cemetery. The sleeping giant above Lough Gill is a kind of guardian of the abbey.
Yew tree - Muckross friary
Mainistir Mhucrois
Muckross Friary
The enclosed cloister walkways are typical of Franciscan architecture in Ireland and are almost fully intact with a dramatic old yew tree in the centre. Yew trees are found in most old cemeteries and monastic sites in Ireland. The church stands at the south side of the cloister.
Sampla maith den stíl Phroinsiasach in éirinn I gcúrsaí ailtrireachta is ea na cosáin dhúnta thart ar an gclabhstra. Tá said slán iomlán, beagnach, agus tá crann maorga drámata giúise I lár ann. Tá crainn ghiúise le fail I bhformhór na seanreiligí agus na seanmhainistreacha In Éirinn; Tá an eaglais ina seasamh ar an taobh theas den chlabhsta. — bij Killarney National Park.
Adam And Eve Franciscan Church - Merchant's Quay Dublin 8
Photos taking inside the Adam and Eve Franciscan Church, Dublin 8.
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Cantus Firmus Monks - Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
Storm the Castle Gathering in Adare
The first gathering for 400 years at Fitzgerald Castle in Adare was for 'Storm the Castle' medieval banquet for The Gathering. Watch Heather Irvine interview organiser Mary Fitzgerald here.
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BALA Y GEORGIE... NOS TOPAMOS CON CASTILLO/CEMENTERIO DE CAMINO A CLONAKILTY
Activa subtítulos en inglés para leer todas las traducciones, tanto español e inglés.
En este vídeo nos dirigíamos a Clonakilty (Irlanda) pero nos topamos con un castillo en ruinas que ahora es completamente un cementerio!!
(El monasterio de Timoleague)