page_title: St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin / History
caption_attribution_description: View this map on the BL Georeferencer service. Image taken from: Dublin as published by John Speed in 1610 Reprint of 1896 Title: "Remains of St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin. Their explorations and researches, A.D. 1886" Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10390.h.14.", "British Library HMNTS 4735.g.4." Page: 10 Place of Publishing: Dublin Date of Publishing: 1887 Publisher: Forster &amp; Co. Issuance: monographic Identifier: 002408931 "From JOHN SPEED'S ORIGINAL MAP, SURVEYED IN 1610." Explore: Find this item in the British Library catalogue, 'Explore'. Open the page in the British Library's itemViewer (page image 10) Download the PDF for this book Image found on book scan 10 (NB not a pagenumber)Download the OCR-derived text for this volume: (plain text) or (json) Click here to see all the illustrations in this book and click here to browse other illustrations published in books in the same year. Order a higher quality version from here.
context_page_description: St. Mary's Abbey was a former Cistercian abbey located near Abbey Street in Dublin, Ireland. Its territory stretched from the district known as Oxmanstown down along the River Liffey until it met the sea. It also owned large estates in other parts of Ireland. It was one of several liberties that existed in Dublin since the arrival of the Anglo-Normans in the 12th century, which gave it jurisdiction over its lands.
context_section_description: The abbey was founded by the Irish king Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid (died 862) in 846, according to the Annals of the Four Masters.  It was originally Benedictine, but in 1139 was given by Malachy O'Morga, the legate of the Pope, to monks belonging to the Congregation of Savigny, which in 1147 joined the Cistercian order.
  In 1303, a great part of the abbey and church was destroyed by fire, but was re-constructed. However, many of the city records in chancery stored in the abbey were destroyed. The abbey was one of the largest and richest in Ireland at that time.
  In 1316 Robert de Nottingham, then Mayor of Dublin, attacked the abbey where the Earl of Ulster, Richard Óg de Burgh, was visiting. De Burgh was suspected of having brought Edward Bruce, who was then marching on Dublin, to Ireland. Several of de Burgh's men were killed before he was captured, and as the monks were suspected of supporting Bruce, the abbey was laid waste.
  Silken Thomas started his rebellion of 1534 here, by throwing down his Sword of State.
caption: 1610 map of Dublin by John Speed
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