Grey Abbey

£28.00

Prints are 12in x 8in (30.5cm x 20.3 cm.
Finished size is 16in x 12in (40.6cm x 30.5cm) with Double Mount & Backing Board.
High Quality Lustre prints on Permajet photopaper.
Printed by ThinkPro Images in Belfast.
Acid-Free Mounts by Framed, Banbridge.

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The Cistercian monastery here was originally founded in 1193 by Affreca, the wife of the Anglo-Norman John de Courcy. Possibly the first in Ireland to be founded by a woman. The story has it that was built as a thanksgiving for her surviving a storm at sea. Grey Abbey is also believed to be the first church in Ireland to be built in the Gothic style. The abbey has had a chequered history over the centuries.