Macosquin Abbey
Macosquin Abbey formally known as Clarus Fons was a Cistercian Monastery in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom.[1][2] The Monastery was located on Abbey Lane, Macosquin, Northern Ireland.
The abbey may have owned the Church’s, at Burt,[3] and Agivey.[4]
History
There may have been a monastic establishment in Macosquin as early as the 6th century, however, The Cistercian Monastery was founded in 1218 by monks from the monastery of Morimond, a daughter house of Citeaux in France. Earlier spellings of the village's name are Moycosquin and Moycoscain.
Dissolution
The Abbey site was occupied at the beginning of the 17th century by a plantation of the London Guild of Merchant Taylors. While Agivey was granted to the Ironmongers’ Company of London.[5] The last remains of the Abbey buildings were removed in the 18th century and the Protestant Church of Saint Mary probably occupies the Abbeys site and may have reused the foundations. Also a Lancet from the 13th century is installed in Saint Mary.
List of Known Abbots
| Date | Abbott | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1218 | Foundation Abbot not known | Founded by monks of Morimond |
| 1401 | John O’Flannra | Latter became bishop of Derry. |
| 1484 | Raymond O’Donnell | He illegally claimed the abbacy |
| 1484 | Maurice O’Cahan, | a clerk from outside the Abbey appointed abbot. |
| 1505 | Abbot Donough O’Cahan. | was hung illegally[6] |
| 1604 | [7] | Abbey was dissolved |
References
- ↑ St Mary’s Glebe, Macosquin, Co. Londonderry. AE/09/142 Centre for Archaeological feildwork page 3.
- ↑ Macosquin at cistercensi.info.
- ↑ The Old Church, Burt .
- ↑ ALL IRELAND SOURCES` NEWSLETTER Volume 3, No. 7, July 2001.
- ↑ All Ireland Sources` Newsletter Volume 3, No. 7, July 2001.
- ↑ Cistercians Abbeys: MACOSQUIN.
- ↑ St Mary’s Glebe, Macosquin, Co. Londonderry. AE/09/142 Centre for Archaeological feildwork page 3.