Our final official stop on Tuesday was Corcomroe Abbey. It was a Cistercian Abbey that was founded in the 12th century, again during the reform of the Catholic church, by Domhnall Mor Ua Briain.
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| Corcomroe Abbey |
Abbeys in the 12th century followed a certain layout so it was pretty cool to see what we had learned in class at an actual site. Unfortunately for this site, it started out with a lot more money than it ended up with, meaning that the earlier built parts of it were beautiful and the parts built later were not as beautiful.
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| Me at Corcomroe Abbey |
This site is also known as Sancta Maria de Petra Fertilis, meaning 'Our Lady of the Fertile Rock.' They had a bit of a focus on agriculture. However, it would have been the lay brothers as opposed to the other monks who would do all of the agricultural work.
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| The Graveyard with the Abbot's House in the Background |
At the abbey there was a house that was probably for the abbot after he had a desire for more privacy. This made me wonder if the abbots were slipping back into pre-reform habits of getting married...
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