- photo: Sandra Gelbe
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name | Mellifont | |
Latin name | Mellifons | |
founded in | 1142 | |
cistercian since | 1142 | |
inhabited by | monks | |
primary abbey | Clairvaux | |
mother abbey | Clairvaux | |
daughter abbeys
| Bective 1147 Boyle 1148 Baltinglass 1148 Maigue 1148 Kilbeggan 1150 Newry 1153 Shrule 1200
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dissolved in | 1539 | |
reinhabited in | 1938 OCSO - new location | |
to visit | ruins | |
address | County Louth, near Drogheda | |
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