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Tintern Abbey was a
Cistercian abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The con ...
located on the
Hook peninsula
The Hook Peninsula is a peninsula in County Wexford, Ireland. It has been a gateway to south-east Ireland for successive waves of newcomers, including the Vikings, Anglo-Normans and the English.
The coastline has a number of beaches. The peninsu ...
,
County Wexford,
Ireland
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.
The Abbey – which is today in ruins, some of which have been restored – was founded in c.1200 by
William Marshal
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: ', French: '), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman. He served five English kings— Henry II, his sons the "Young King" ...
,
Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Pembroke is a title in the Peerage of England that was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England. The title, which is associated with Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales, has been recreated ten times from its origin ...
, as the result of a vow he had made when his boat was caught in a storm nearby.
While the specific date of foundation is unconfirmed in some sources, in a 1917 analysis for the
Royal Irish Academy, church historian
J. H. Bernard suggests a foundation date of 3 December 1200.
Once established, the abbey was colonised by monks from the
Cistercian abbey at Tintern in
Monmouthshire,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
, of which Marshal was also patron. To distinguish the two, the mother house in Wales was sometimes known as "Tintern Major" and the abbey in Ireland as "Tintern de Voto" (Tintern of the vow).
After the
Dissolution of the Monasteries the abbey and its grounds were granted firstly to Sir
James Croft
Sir James Croft PC (c.1518 – 4 September 1590) was an English politician, who was Lord Deputy of Ireland, and MP for Herefordshire in the Parliament of England.
Life
He was born the second but eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Croft of Cro ...
, and then in 1575 to Anthony Colclough of
Staffordshire, a soldier of Henry VIII. His descendants became the
Colclough Baronets
The Colclough Baronetcy, of Tintern Abbey, County Wexford, was created in the baronetage of Ireland on 21 July 1628 for Adam Colclough, High Sheriff of Wexford in 1630.
The family seat was Tintern Abbey (County Wexford)
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Tintern ...
. The final member of the Colclough family to reside at Tintern was Lucey Marie Biddulph Colclough who donated the abbey to the Irish state.
Between 1982 and 2007, the
National Monuments service of the
Office of Public Works
The Office of Public Works (OPW) ( ga, Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí) (legally the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland) is a major Irish Government agency, which manages most of the Irish State's property portfolio, including hundreds of o ...
undertook a number of excavation and heritage development efforts at the abbey,
including special conservation measures for local bat colonies. Additional works were undertaken after a fire in the site's visitor centre in 2012, which damaged part of the 19th century outbuildings on the abbey's grounds.
Gallery
File:Tintern Abbey (Co. Wexford).jpg, Tintern abbey
File:Tintern Abbey (Co, Wexford).jpg, Grounds and river
See also
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List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Wexford)
References
External links
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Buildings and structures in County Wexford
Cistercian monasteries in the Republic of Ireland
Ruins in the Republic of Ireland
Tourist attractions in County Wexford
Religion in County Wexford
Christian monasteries established in the 13th century
National Monuments in County Wexford