Moyne Abbey () is a ruined medieval

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. Founded at some point before 1455, the abbey was suppressed in 1590.

History

It was founded before the year (1455) by McWilliam Bourke family as a

friary and consecrated in 1462. It is located north of Ballina on the west side of Killala Bay on the old Ballina or "French" road. Like its neighbour, Rosserk Friary, it was burnt by Sir Richard Bingham,

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, in 1590 in reformationist zeal. It’s believed friars continued to reside there until about 1800."Moyne Abbey", Discover Ireland, Failte Ireland
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style and has extensive ruins, consisting of a church and domestic buildings situated around a central cloister. Its west doorway is a seventeenth insertion. Its east window displays fine switchline tracery.

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Plan of Moyne friary

Moyne friary cloister
Buildings and structures completed in 1462 Buildings and structures in County Mayo Franciscan monasteries in the Republic of Ireland Ruins in the Republic of Ireland Christian monasteries established in the 15th century National Monuments in County Mayo Gothic architecture in the Republic of Ireland

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