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Mellifont

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Mellifont, the first Cistercian abbey in Ireland, and ultimately head of an affiliation of over 20 Irish Cistercian foundations. Founded in 1142 at the instigation of St Malachy of Armagh, this essentially European foundation was part of the wider 12th‐century reform of the Irish church which led to the eventual demise of traditional Irish monasticism. In its first years the community was composed of a mixture of French and Irish monks trained at the mother house of Clairvaux. In its layout and planning the abbey demonstrated considerable French influence. The octagonal lavabo (c.1210), the chapter house (c.1220), and the late medieval gate house remain partly intact; the form of the other buildings can be seen from foundations revealed during excavation.

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Mellifont

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Mellifont Louth. ‘Fountain of honey’. Latin mel + fons (genitive fontis).

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