St. Mary's Abbey, Abbey Street, Co. Dublin, Ireland

St. Mary's Abbey, Abbey Street, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Abbey

Lantern slide of St. Mary's Abbey, Abbey Street, Co. Dublin. Originally catalogued with labels "Dublin: Mary's -illegible- Ch. Ho." and "D3XI 100" and "Leask." Depicts an interior view of the Abbey's Chapter House, with vaulted ceiling visible. According to the medieval Irish chronical the Annals of the Four Masters, St. Mary's abbey was founded in 846. Originally a Benedictine order, it became a Cistercian order in 1147. The abbey was dissolved in the early 1500s and fell to ruin, only to rediscovered in the 1880s, buried beneath street level. The Chapter House is the only surviving part of the abbey.

Anna Rowland

The Discovery Programme

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

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RSAI Lantern Slide, Box 19

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06/08/15

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Country: Ireland

County: Dublin

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Town: Dublin City

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Irish National Grid East: 0 15

Irish National Grid North: 35

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Latitude: 53.34714

Longitude: -6.26942

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