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Mainistir Chorcu Modhruadh (Corcomroe Abbey)

  • Corcomroe Abbey, Corcu Modhruadh, Sancta Maria de Petra Fertili
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  • (institutions)

This Cistercian abbey, called Sancta Maria de Petra Fertili ‘St Mary of the Fertile Rock’, is located in the north of the Burren, near (present-day) Ballyvaughan. It was probably founded in the late 12th century by its patron Domhnall Mór Ó Briain.


See also: Cistercians
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Logainm: Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann / Placenames database of Ireland, Online: Fiontar (DCU), The Placenames Branch (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht), 2008–present. URL: <http://www.logainm.ie>.
[id. 1166453. ‘Mainistir Chorca Mrua/Corcomroe Abbey’] direct link
MacShamhráin, Ailbhe, Nora White, Aidan Breen, and Kim R. McCone, Monasticon Hibernicum: early Christian ecclesiastical settlement in Ireland, 5th to 12th centuries, Online: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Celtic Studies, 2008–present. URL: <https://monasticon.celt.dias.ie>.
[id. 2865. ‘Corcomroe Abbey’] direct link
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