Baltinglass Cistercian Abbey

Baltinglass Abbey was founded by the King of Leinster, Dermot MacMurrough, in 1148. It was the daughter house of Mellifont Abbey (founded in 1142), and the mother house to Jerpoint Abbey (founded in 1180). It is hidden among a valley within the Wicklow Mountains. Fragments of the 12th century Romanesque church and traces of the Cloister are all that remain of the original monastery. The nave i...