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Monasterevin Monastery #

📍 Kildare ⛪ Cistercian monks 🏛️ dissolved 1540

About This Site

early monastic site, founded by St Emin, buried here; Cistercian monks Consecrated 27 October 1189 (1178?) dedicated to St Mary and St Benedict,[7] site granted and confirmed by Dermot O’Dempsey, King of…

early monastic site, founded by St Emin, buried here; Cistercian monks Consecrated 27 October 1189 (1178?) dedicated to St Mary and St Benedict,[7] site granted and confirmed by Dermot O’Dempsey, King of Offaly; dissolved 1540?; granted to George, Lordd Audley; assigned to Adam Loftus; later to the family of the Earl of Drogheda; site now (thought to be) occupied by a stately home named ‘Moore Abbey’, in use as a hospice 1945–present (below)

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • Monaster-evan
  • Ros-glaisi
  • Ross-glass-na-muimnech
  • Rosglas
  • Rosea Vallis
Communities & Provenance:

early monastic site, founded by St Emin, buried here; Cistercian monks Consecrated 27 October 1189 (1178?) dedicated to St Mary and St Benedict,[7] site granted and confirmed by Dermot O'Dempsey, King of Offaly; dissolved 1540?; granted to George, Lordd Audley; assigned to Adam Loftus; later to the family of the Earl of Drogheda; site now (thought to be) occupied by a stately home named 'Moore Abbey', in use as a hospice 1945–present (below)