Boyle Abbey

Boyle , County Roscommon, Western Ireland, Ireland - Phone: 353-79-62604, 353-79-62145

TravelPod Member ReviewsBoyle Abbey

  • Nice place, if not for the renovations going on...

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    jasonw517 5 contributions Wells, United States May 12, 2011

    I rather enjoy run down ruins like this. It's interesting to try and picture how things were back when these places were in opperation. I did enjoy this place but a big section of it was being renovated so we could not go into that section.

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    The Abbey and a Megalithic tomb

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    One of our mornings, we did not have to get up so early for Boyle was only about 20 min away from Kilronan and Boyle Abbey opened at 9am (I think). The Abbey is a Cistercian Monastery which was founded in the 12th century and the place is right on the corner of a roundabout. It's weird to just be driving by and see something like that. It was run …

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    A Cistercian abbey founded in 1161. Turned into a castle in 1659. ...

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    The Abbey and a Megalithic tomb

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    One of our mornings, we did not have to get up so early for Boyle was only about 20 min away from Kilronan and Boyle Abbey opened at 9am (I think). The Abbey is a Cistercian Monastery which was founded in the 12th century and the place is right on the ...