A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . ^^\^/^^* >jl,. ^^-2, fl 0 THH CLOIC-IHAC (ROUND TOWER) ON INIS-MAHEE. by yoseph Catey. of Bangor, on account of its school of learning and themany pious men it sent over all Europe, is best it, none of the very ancient structure remains, and but afew fragments of the walls of an abbey dating from Normantimes, and some cross slabs, are to be found. What thenorthmen failed to obliterate, more modern devastatorshave effectually cleared away. Of great Norman abbeys, the only one left to us havingany imposing dimensions i
A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . ^^\^/^^* >jl,. ^^-2, fl 0 THH CLOIC-IHAC (ROUND TOWER) ON INIS-MAHEE. by yoseph Catey. of Bangor, on account of its school of learning and themany pious men it sent over all Europe, is best it, none of the very ancient structure remains, and but afew fragments of the walls of an abbey dating from Normantimes, and some cross slabs, are to be found. What thenorthmen failed to obliterate, more modern devastatorshave effectually cleared away. Of great Norman abbeys, the only one left to us havingany imposing dimensions is that of Grey Abbey, beautifully 272 Guide to Antiquities. 73 situated on the shores of Strangford Lough. This was aCistercian house, and was founded in 1193 by Affreca, wifeof John de Courci, and daughter of Ciodfrey, king of to Downpatrick are the remains of Inch Abbey,which must also have been a very extensive house ; but thechoir alone remains, of considerable beauty, with its longlancet windows.
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