Bolton Abbey,

Moone Moone (; ) is a small village in the south of County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is on the former N9 road (Ireland), N9 road (now by-passed) about south of Dublin. It has only a few hundred inhabitants, a church, a National scho ...

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is a

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monastery, founded in 1965. It was established by monks from

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, and became an independent monastery and abbey in 1977. The monastery works a dairy farm on its property. The farm and house were donated by Dr. Robert Farnan. The monastery was established by Fr Ambrose Farrington and Br Kieran Dooley from Roscrea and officially opened in 1965. In 2015 it celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Superiors / Abbots

* 1965 - Dom Ambrose Farrington - Superior * 1974 - Dom Bennedict Kearns - Superior * 1977 - Abbot Benedict Kearns * 1994 - Abbot Ambrose Farrington * 2000 - Abbot Eoin De Bhalraithe (abbot 20/05/2000–20/05/2006) * 2006 - Abbot Peter Garvey (1937–2014)Abbot and school president known for his kindness and wisdom - Peter Garvey
Irish Times, 13 December 2014. * 2012 - Abbot (Dom) Michael Ryan (abbot 2012–)Homily of Archbishop Martin, at the Abbatial Blessing of Dom Michael Ryan, OCSO
Catholic Communications Office, 11 July 2012

References

Trappist monasteries in the Republic of Ireland Cistercian monasteries in the Republic of Ireland Religious organizations established in 1965 {{Ireland-church-stub