- Yes, the driving distance between Dublin to Mellifont Abbey is 58 km. ... Irish Rail operates a train from Dublin Connolly to Drogheda every 30 minutes.
- The Old Mellifont Abbey are ruins of a Cistercian Abbey near Drogheda, County Louth in Ireland.
- One such ruin is Mellifont Abbey, located about ten kilometers northwest of Drogheda, less than an hour’s drive north of Dublin.
- Old Mellifont Abbey. The first Cistercian monastery in Ireland founded in 1142 by St. Malachy of Armagh, its most unusual feature is the octagonal Lavabo...
- In 1566 the abbey, with its dependencies, was given to Edward Moore, chief of the family Drogheda, and passed, in 1727, to Balfour of Townley Hall, during whose...
- County Louth is home to the Old Mellifont Abbey, Ireland’s first Cistercian monastery, founded in 1142. At the site, located just 10 minutes from Drogheda...
- An important synod was held in Mellifont in 1152 as recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters, which asserts that the synod was attended by bishops and kings...
- Sir H. Tichburne, Governor of Drogheda, had the week before sent a party of fifteen horse and twenty-two foot to Mellifont (formerly an Abbey of Bernardine monks...
- In 1566 the buildings at Mellifont were granted to Edward Moore, ancestor of the Earls of Drogheda, and loyal follower of the British Crown. He turned the abbey...