Strade Abbey
Mainistir na Sráide | |
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  Location within Ireland | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Straide Abbey Abbey of Athletan |
| Order | Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) Dominican Order |
| Established | c. 1240 |
| Disestablished | 1858 |
| Diocese | Tuam |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Jordan de Exeter |
| Architecture | |
| Status | ruined |
| Style | Norman |
| Site | |
| Location | Strade, County Mayo |
| Coordinates | 53°55′17″N 9°07′44″W / 53.921478°N 9.128848°W |
| Visible remains | Church |
| Public access | Yes |
| Official name | Strade Abbey |
| Reference no. | 172 |
Strade Abbey is a former Franciscan/Dominican monastery and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.[1][2]
Location
[edit]Strade Abbey is located in the eastern part of Strade village.[3][4][5]
History
[edit]Strade Friary was founded c. 1240 by Jordan de Exeter, or his son Stephen, at the bequest of Jordan's wife Basilia, daughter of Meyler de Bermingham. It was inhabited by the Order of Friars Minor (Observant Franciscan Friars), before being refounded by the Dominican Order in 1252/53.[6] It was burned in 1254.[7]
In 1266, Thomas, bishop of Lismore, acknowledges to have ‘received at Athlone, on 2 July 1266, from Friar Henry de Siscle and Friar John Matugan [Madden], of the Dominican convent of Athletan [Straide], the sum of 28½ marks, Crusade money, collected by them and their brethren in their own district.[8][9]
In 1434 Pope Eugene IV granted an indulgence to all who would give help towards the restoration of Strade Abbey.[8][9][10]
Strade Friary was dissolved in 1578 and leased to James Garvey. In 1588 a lease of the abbey was granted to Patrick Barnewall for forty years.[8][9]
In 1756, there were seven friars in Strade Abbey, and four in 1767. Fr. Patrick D. Kelly, the last of the friars of Strade, died c. 1858.[11]
Building
[edit]The buildings that remain are of the 13th–15th centuries, including a magnificent tomb in the north part of the chancel.[12]
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Relief at a tomb in Strade Friary -
East window of the north transept of Strade Friary -
15th-century sculptured tomb in the north wall of the chancel of Strade Friary
References
[edit]- ^ Bigari, Angelo Maria (c. 1779). "Monument at Strade ; Plan of the Abbey of Strade, Co. Mayo Barony of Gallen". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ FreeToDo Travel Guide UK & Ireland. FreeToDo Travel Guides. 2006. p. 410. ISBN 9780955360008. Retrieved 7 November 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ Murphy, Donald (1997). "1997:412 - STRADE ABBEY, STRADE, Mayo". Database of Irish Excavation Reports. Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Photos of Headstones in Straide Abbey cemetery, Templemore, Gallen, Mayo, Ireland". goldenlangan.com/. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ Firbis, Duald Mac (1 January 1844). Geineaich ua Ch-Fiachrach. Irish archæological society. p. 494. Retrieved 7 November 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ O'Heyne, John (1 January 1901). The Irish Dominicans of the Seventeenth Century. W. Tempest. p. 80. Retrieved 7 November 2016 – via Internet Archive.
Strade.
- ^ McDermott, Yvonne (11 February 2011). "Strade, Co. Mayo - The Early History of The Priory of the Holy Cross". Our Irish Heritage. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ a b c Coleman, Ambrose (1902). "The Ancient Dominican Foundations in Ireland" (PDF). 95. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Strade Abbey · Cloonlyon G. · The Schools' Collection". dúchas.ie. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Strade Dominican Priory | Monastic Ireland". Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Straide Abbey". Straide Parish. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "1250c – Strade Abbey, Co.Mayo". archiseek.com. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2016.