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

Beaubec Abbey
Béibeac Mór
Beaubec Abbey is located in Ireland
Beaubec Abbey
Location within Ireland
Monastery information
Other namesde Bello Becco, Bellus - Beccus
OrderCistercian
EstablishedUncertain
DisestablishedUncertain
Mother houseFurness
DioceseArchdiocese of Armagh
People
Founder(s)Walter de Lacy
Site
LocationBeamore, Drogheda, Co. Meath
Coordinates53°41′36″N 6°20′28″W / 53.693440°N 6.341150°W / 53.693440; -6.341150
Public accessUnknown

History

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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] [citation needed]

Geraldine Stout,[4] 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.[5]

Excavations of the site were carried out between 2019 and 2020.[6]

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Notes

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  1. ^ "ME02083 - Bey More - Gatehouse". meathheritage.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. ^ "13th Century Farm run by Cistercians uncovered at Beamore". Drogheda Independent. Independent News & Media. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. ^ Originum Cisterciensium p. 78 (LXXVIII)[incomplete short citation]
  4. ^ Stout 2018.
  5. ^ Dryburgh & Smith 2006, p. 23.
  6. ^ Stout & Stout 2020.

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