- Old Mellifont Abbey, founded by Saint Malachy in 1142, was Ireland's first Cistercian monastery.
- Old Mellifont Abbey, Ireland’s first Cistercian monastery, founded in 1142. At the site, located just 10 minutes from Drogheda, in Tullyallen County, Louth...
- The remains of Mellifont Abbey lie in a valley of the River Mattock, a tributary of the Boyne, near Drogheda in County Louth.
- The Old Mellifont Abbey is located in a serene location at Tullyallen. It’s a 10-minute drive from both Slane and Drogheda and 15-minute drive from Brú na Bóinne.
- Little of the original Mellifont Abbey remains today, the most striking feature is the 13th century lavabo where the monks washed their hands before eating.
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- Mellifont Abbey (Irish: An Mhainistir Mhór, literally 'the Big Monastery'), was a Cistercian abbey located close to Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland.
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- Mellifont, Abbey of, three miles from Drogheda, Co. Louth, Diocese of Armagh, was the first Cistercian monastery established in Ireland.