- Mellifont Abbey (Irish: An Mhainistir Mhór, literally 'the Big Monastery'), was a Cistercian abbey located close to Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland.
- We will be there in early October. Can we visit Mellifont Abbey? ... Mellifont Abbey yakınlarında yapılacak şeyler.
- Mellifont Abbey was founded by St Malachy in 1142 and was the first and most important of Ireland’s 35 Cistercian abbeys.
- Mellifont Abbey was the first Cistercian monastery in Ireland. ... Download, print and read our social guide (PDF) about visiting Old Mellifont Abbey.
- Mellifont Abbey was founded in 1142 on the initiative of Archbishop Malachie d'Armagh and Bernard of Clairvaux as a filiation of the Clairvaux monastery.
- The monks at Mellifont hosted a critical synod in 1152. The abbey was central to the history of later centuries, too, even though it was in private hands by then.
- The ruins of the old Mellifont Abbey. This is a story of longevity - how time does not erode the durability of something noble and praiseworthy.
- At its height, Mellifont was the mother house of 21 monasteries and as many as 400 monks made Mellifont Abbey their home.
- Inspired by his zeal, St Malachy of Armagh, the Irish saint and friend of St Bernard, founded Mellifont Abbey in 1142 with a group of Irish and French monks.
- Located in County Louth, 15km from Drogheda , Mellifont Abbey (An Mhainistir Mhór in Gaelic) was a monument that inspired all subsequent abbeys.
