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Abbey, Boyle

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Cistercian monastery near Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland, founded by Maurice O'Duffy, 1161. The church was consecrated, 1218. In 1235 the English forces under Fitzgerald and MacWilliam occupied the abbey and seized all its possessions, even stripping the monks of their habits. Under Elizabeth it was suppressed and its extensive lands confiscated, 1569. Among its famous abbots was Donagh mor O'Daly.

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Entry for 'Abbey, Boyle'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/abbey-boyle.html. 1910.
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