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Fore Abbey & Fore Village:

The Fore village, next to the old Benedictine Abbey ruin, is situated to the north of Lough Lene in Westmeath, the lake-county of Ireland. [1]

The Fore village, (sister parish of near by St. Mary's Collinstown) is situated within a valley between two hills. You will find the ancient ruins of a Benedictine monastery, which had been populated at one time by French monks from Evreux, Normandy. Fore, is the anglicised version of the Irish name that signifies “the town of the water springs” and was given to the area after St, Fechin’s spring or well, which is next to the old church a short distance from where the ruined monastry still stands. It was St. Fechin who founded the ancient Fore Abbey around 630 A.D. By 665 A.D. (the time of the yellow plague) there were 300 monks living in the community.

Between 771 and 1169 A.D. Fore Abbey was burnt 12 times. The Fore Abbey is also noted for its 7 wonders: [2]

1.The monastery built upon the bog

2.The mill without a race (Lough Lane water flows from the hill)

3.The water that flows uphill

4.The Tree that has three branches/ the tree that won’t burn

5.The water that doesn’t boil

6.The anchorite in a stone

7.The lintel-stone raised by St. Fechin’s prayers


Another important aspect of Fore is the “Fore Crosses” one of which is in the village of Fore. There are 18 crosses; some crosses are plain (most likely to wind and rain erosion) whilst others are sill remain carved. These are spread out over 7 miles on roadways and in fields and bared witness to religious persecution during penal times.

Fore folke are also an integral part of the Lough Lane Gael G.A.A. affiliation with Glenidan Rickardstown and Collinstown. [3]