Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland. It is located off the N52 some 5 miles from Tullamore. Largely undisturbed, the site...

Colum Cille. Historical records indicate that the book was probably at Durrow Abbey by 916, making it one of the earliest extant Insular manuscripts. It...

between Kilbeggan (in County Westmeath) and Tullamore (in County Offaly). Durrow Abbey, surrounded by woods, is one of Ireland's most important early Christian...

St Brigid of Kildare (d.c 525 AD) and is linked by an ancient road to Durrow Abbey founded by St Colm Cille (St Columba). St Brigid's original monastery...

most notably contains the last Irish population of the grey partridge. Durrow Abbey and High Cross Tullamore Dew Visitor Centre Clara Bog Nature Reserve...

founded many important monasteries in Ireland and Scotland, including Durrow Abbey in the Irish Midlands and Iona on an island off the west of Scotland...

This is a list of the abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in Ireland. This article provides a gazetteer for the whole of Ireland...

The Slighe Mhór ('Great Highway') provided a link between Clonard Abbey, Durrow Abbey and the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise, constructed at the point...

in secular wars – a battle in 764 is supposed to have killed 200 from Durrow Abbey when they were defeated by Clonmacnoise. From early periods the kin nature...

Castle Durrow is an 18th-century country house in Durrow, County Laois, Ireland. The house was built in the pre-Palladian design and formal gardens that...

initially buried at Durrow Abbey. In 1195, the Archbishops of Cashel and Dublin disinterred his body and reinterred his remains at Bective Abbey in Meath and...

Dublin Road. It is linked to the Mercy Convent, situated in the town. Durrow Abbey is located around 4 kilometres south of the town, just across the county...

were relatively few of these in the six counties. Most notoriously, Tynan Abbey was attacked on the night of 21 January 1981. The 86-year-old Sir Norman...

forty-five of his men. O'Connor also burned Sir Edward Harbert's residence in Durrow Abbey, King's County. In May 1582, O'Connor and his followers ambushed and...

developed a style of script that may have influenced the writers of the Book of Durrow. A number of ecclesiastical settlements were established in 7th century...

is associated with Durrow Abbey in County Meath, founded by Columba in the 6th century, and following the dissolution of the abbey, was kept by its hereditary...

his activities. He was a patron of the Columban churches, particularly Durrow Abbey, where he is buried. Domnall was a son of Murchad mac Diarmato. He had...

foundation had, or was purported to have, the status or function of an abbey, priory, or preceptory/commandery. Communities/provenance: shows the status...

Maolmuadh Ó Maolmhuaidh, king of Firceall, was taken by force from Durrow Abbey by Fogartach Uí Chernaig, and killed in Mag Lena. In AD 1090, Muirchertach...

The "greatest", or "classic", Irish high crosses can be found at Durrow Abbey, the Abbey of Kells, and at Monasterboice. These high crosses are decorated...

and Delbna. These lay across the valley of the River Brosna, between Durrow Abbey and the River Shannon, in modern County Offaly. Probably following this...

Portarlington 1835: Hector John Graham Toler, 3rd Earl of Norbury, of Durrow Abbey 1834: Sir Michael Cusac Smith of Newtown, Tullamore 1836: Sir Andrew...

monastery at Durrow. According to traditional sources, Columba died in Iona on Sunday, 9 June 597, and was buried by his monks in the abbey he created....

himself. It is associated with Durrow Abbey in County Meath, which was founded by Columba in the 6th century. Following the abbey's dissolution, it was kept...

Dean and Chapter Library (all from the early 7th century), and the Book of Durrow (from the second half of the 7th century). From the early 8th century come...

towns were first established as Norman boroughs, including Castletown, Durrow and Timahoe. From 1175 until about 1325, Normans controlled the best land...

678,313 Durrow Abbey Cross, Church, graveslabs & motte Durrow 53°19′34″N 7°31′22″W / 53.326134°N 7.5227°W / 53.326134; -7.5227 504 Gallen Abbey Church...

hEolais (fl. 1101) was a twelfth century scribe and scholar at the abbey of Durrow, County Offaly. He was likely born, and lived his childhood, at Conmaicne...

Ballinskelligs Clonard Dublin Duleek Durrow Kells Knock Knock Abbey, County Louth. Louth Navan Saul Termonfeckin Trim Cambuskenneth Abbey (St. Mary) For example St...

678,313 Durrow Abbey Cross, Church, graveslabs & motte Durrow 53°19′34″N 7°31′22″W / 53.326134°N 7.5227°W / 53.326134; -7.5227 504 Gallen Abbey Church...