The monastery is situated on the slopes of the Knockmealdown mountains in … As some areas of our house are old, the remains of the original castle dating from c. 1609, the south wing built in 1695, west and east wings in 18th and early 19th centuries, repair and renovation are necessary. M. Maura, fifteen Sisters in all, left Stapehill on the 8th of March and  finally arrived in Glencairn on 10th March 1932 – now re-named as St. Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn. For four days they were able to explore their surroundings, the grounds, yards, garden, woods, finding a large supply of spades, cow sheds stocked with cattle, a gardener who had worked for the previous owners and continued to work for the nuns, and one solitary hen, minus a pedigree. Today there are 29 sisters in the community at St. Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn. Before Vatican II Council in the early 1960’s, for some centuries, little change had occurred in the very strict Cistercian way of life. Melleray bought Glencairn, and over the next six years, monks and labourers built the Church, Sacristy, with rooms above, and Dormitory/Refectory North Wing. Log In. 17 talking about this. In 1982 the community at Glencairn made a second foundation in Nigeria with the founding of St. Justina’s monastery in Abakaliki. See more of Mount St Joseph Abbey, Roscrea on Facebook. St Mary's Abbey, Glencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland. As there was no Cistercian monastery for women in Ireland since before the reformation, many Irish women entered Stapehill through the years. Later the rules for enclosure had to be somewhat relaxed to allow Sisters to go out for Study Courses, business matters, medical appointments and necessary shopping. Not Now. Mehr von Glencairn Abbey auf Facebook anzeigen. From Cork: Glencairn is 36 miles from Cork by car (journey time one hour) Take the M8 for Dublin; Exit at Watergrasshill; Take the R639 Turn off for Tallow (R268) via Conna Fr Arthure available for Confession,Tuesday and Thursday, 3.30 - 4.30 p.m. in Glencairn Abbey guest house. At the top of this hill, take the second left turn with a signpost for Glencairn. We also have sisters from Japan, America, India, the United Kingdom and Uganda. In view of the current Covid-19 pandemic, Glencairn Abbey will regrettably be closed to guests and visitors until further notice. Home of Ireland's only community of Cistercian nuns. 91 Personen sprechen darüber. In the meantime, the community increased and flourished and by 1949 responded to a request from cardinal Cushing of to make the first Cistercian foundation for women in the United States at Mount St. Mary’s, in Massachusetts. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. We provide detailed information about this ongoing major project in the New Developments section on this website. On August 15th the church celebrates the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, body and soul, into heaven at the end of her earthly life.

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