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

Dublin Core

Title

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

Subject

Abbey

Description

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.

Creator

Anna Rowland

Publisher

The Discovery Programme

Contributor

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

Format

image/tiff

Language

EN

Type

image

Identifier

RSAI Lantern Slide, Box 19

Alternative Title

BOX19_039

Date Created

06/08/15

Has Format

Epson Perfection V750 Pro flatbed scanner

Is Part Of

RSAI Lantern slide collection

Extent

7559 x 7559 pixels

Medium

Lantern slides

Spatial Coverage

Country: Ireland
County: Dublin
Logainm County Link: http://www.logainm.ie/100002.aspx
Town: Dublin City
Logainm Town Link: http://www.logainm.ie/57080.aspx
Irish National Grid East: 0 15
Irish National Grid North: 35
Position Source: www.logainm.ie
Latitude: 53.34714
Longitude: -6.26942

Rights Holder

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

Files

Box19_039 copy.jpg

Tags

Citation

Anna Rowland, “St. Mary's Abbey, Abbey Street, Co. Dublin, Ireland,” Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, accessed December 25, 2024, http://rsai.locloudhosting.net/items/show/27661.

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