Abbey of Woney - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Abbey of Woney - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Cistercian Abbey of Woney (Irish, Mainistir Uaithne), also written Wotheny or Owney,St. John Seymour, Abbey Owney, County Limerick, Part 1, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , Fifth Series, Vol. 37, No. 2, [Fifth Series, Vol. 17] (Jun. 30, 1907), pp. 165-180St. John Seymour, Abbey Owney, County Limerick, Part 2, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Fifth Series, Vol. 37, No. 4, [Fifth Series, Vol. 17] (Dec. 31, 1907), pp. 360-373 on the banks of the Mulkear River in Abington, County Limerick, was founded in 1205 when Theobald Walter (le Botiller) granted the whole "theodum" (believed to be an error, which should have been feodum) of Woodenikuwice for the purpose.Documents n the National Library of Ireland Traces of the architecture and layout of the monastery may still seen in the graveyard in the hamlet of Abington, just south of Murroe. Read more on Wikipedia
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