Grey Abbey Buildings
Buildings and structures.
Nave
The western part of the nave was mainly used by the lay-brothers
DetailsFrater or Refectory
Finest surviving example in Ireland
DetailsTower
first of their churches in Ireland to defy the ban..
DetailsCloister
The northern walk of the cloister is now partially blocked by large stone buttresses, inserted in 1908
DetailsSacristy or Vestry
Church valuables were stored for safekeeping
DetailsChancel
These may be the first such Gothic lancets built anywhere in Ireland
DetailsKitchen & West Range
These do not survive above ground but..
DetailsThe west door
Dog-tooth decoration on the west door
DetailsLatrine Block or Rere Dorter
This toilet block served the choir monks.
DetailsWarming Room or Calefactory
The only fireplace.
DetailsSouth Transept
This was a main thoroughfare of the monastery
DetailsChapter House
After mass to hear a reading or chapter from the Benedictine Rule
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