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Boyle Abbey

Boyle Abbey is a significant example of a Cistercian Church of the early (late twelfth, early thirteenth century) period. Boyle was the daughter house of Melifont in Co. Louth. The first monks arrived under Abbot Maurice O'Duffy and settled at Boyle in 1161. The local chiefs, the McDermotts were patrons.

The ruins show that the church was in the typical Cistercian style of the period, though the site was much modified in Elizabethan times when it was used as a military barracks, and was known as Boyle Castle.

The abbey was raided and wrecked on a number of occasions over the years until it was eventually given to Sir John King, in whose family it remained until the end of the nineteenth century.

Boyle Abbey is a National Monument under the protection of the Office of Public Works (OPW).

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Right: Photographs of Boyle Abbey taken in August 2008.

The Abbey is currently undergoing extensive renovations and repair.

(Photographs ©  Roscommon Historical Research 2008)
 

Above: Opening times and admission charges.

Illustrations not to scale.

Above: Modern leaflets by the OPW can be had in many languages. These examples are in English and Irish / Gaelic.

OPW Visitors Guide. Six pages.

A Short Description and Historic Account.

by H. A. Wheeler M.A.

   

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The definitive study.

"Boyle Abbey & The School of the West"

by Britta Kalkreuter. Wordwell. 2001.

Opening times and directions cards.

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