Beaubec Abbey Explained

Beaubec Abbey
Other Names:de Bello Becco, Bellus - Beccus
Native Name:Béibeac Mór
Native Name Lang:ga
Order:Cistercian
Founder:Walter de Lacy
Established:Uncertain
Mother:Furness
Disestablished:Uncertain
Diocese:Archdiocese of Armagh
Location:Beamore, Drogheda, Co. Meath
Map Type:Ireland
Public Access:Unknown

Beaubec Monastery was a 13th-century monastic settlement and farm near Beamore, Drogheda in Ireland.[1] [2]

History

Little is known of the history of Beaubec. Janauschek states, "some Irish authors argue that a Cistercian abbey existed in this area of eastern Meath, which was founded by Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath, first as a daughter of Bell-Bec (in Normandy), and later became a cell of Furness. But those who have looked at the documents, understand that the manor of that abbey was there as long as the Normans".[3]

Geraldine Stout, citing Dryburgh and Smith (2006), states that there is no known foundation date for this monastic site but a grant by Walter De Lacy to the church of SS Mary and Laurence of Beaubec and the monks residing there on the lands in Gillekeran has been dated to after 1215.

Excavations of the site were carried out between 2019 and 2020.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ME02083 - Bey More - Gatehouse . meathheritage.com . 1 November 2020 .
  2. Web site: 13th Century Farm run by Cistercians uncovered at Beamore . Independent News & Media . Drogheda Independent . 3 August 2019 . 1 November 2020 .
  3. Originum Cisterciensium p. 78 (LXXVIII)