Moore Abbey

Headquarters of the Sisters of Charity in Ireland

53°08′06″N 7°03′49″W / 53.1351°N 7.0636°W / 53.1351; -7.0636Year(s) builtLate 1760sClientThe 6th Earl of DroghedaOwnerMuiríosa FoundationDesign and constructionArchitect(s)Christopher MyersWebsitewww.muiriosa.ie

Moore Abbey (Irish: Mainstir Uí Mhórdha) is a monastic house on the east bank of the River Barrow at Monasterevin in County Kildare, Ireland. It was formerly the seat of the Earls of Drogheda.

History

Moore Abbey was designed by the English engineer Christopher Myers in the Gothic style and was built in the late 1760s for the 6th Earl of Drogheda (who later became Field Marshal The 1st Marquess of Drogheda).^[1] The 10th Earl of Drogheda abandoned the house after the First World War and it was leased to John Count McCormack, the tenor, from 1925 to 1937.^[2] The 10th Earl then put the abbey up for sale shortly after Count McCormack moved out^[1] and in 1938 it became the Irish headquarters of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, now known as the Muiríosa Foundation.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Moore of Moore Abbey - Earls of Drogheda". Turtle Bunbury. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ "John Francis McCormack 1884-1845". McCormack Society. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ "Cash concerns at Monasterevin's Moore Abbey as management meet with unions". Leinster Leader. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2023.