Corcomroe Abbey

Corcomroe Abbey
Mainistir Chorco Modhruadh
	Corcomroe Abbey as viewed from the southeast
	Location within Ireland
Monastery information
Other names	Abbey Church of Saint Mary of the Fertile Rock, Corcomroe
Order	Cistercians
Established	1180–1200
Disestablished	1554
Diocese	Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora
People
Founder(s)	Domnall Mór Ua Briain or Donough Cairbreach
Architecture
Status	Inactive
Style	Gothic
Site
Location	County Clare, Ireland
Coordinates	53°07′36″N 9°03′14″W / 53.126703°N 9.054014°W
Public access	Yes
National monument of Ireland
Official name	Corcomroe Abbey
Reference no.	11

Corcomroe Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Chorca Mrua^[1]) is an early 13th-century Cistercian monastery located in the north of the Burren region of County Clare, Ireland, a few miles east of the village of Ballyvaughan in the Barony of Burren. It was once known as "St. Mary of the Fertile Rock", a reference to the Burren's fertile soil.

The Gothic ruins feature stone carvings that are considered to be among the finest in a Cistercian church in Ireland.^[2]^: 7 The abbey appears in W. B. Yeats' play The Dreaming of Bones.^[2]^: 14 They constitute a National Monument and are open to the public.

^ "Corca Mrua". logainm.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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[1] "Corca Mrua". logainm.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

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