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scene, indicating that hunting was popular in medieval Ireland. Additionally, the group of sculptors at Abbeyknockmoy can be identified as the same sculptors at work in Boyle Abbey. There is a
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Abbeyknockmoy is the home of St Bernards Utd, who won the Western Hygiene Premier Division Title in 2016; the highest League honour in Galway FA Junior soccer.
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The Cistercian Monasteries of Ireland: An Account of the History, Art and Architecture of the White Monks in Ireland from 1142-1540
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for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 262 people.
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in 1200. In 1483, the abbot was accused of setting fire to the abbey.
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26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census Abbeyknockmoy
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as its benefactors. The abbey was the burial site of King
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List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Galway)
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Knockmoy
Ruins of the 12th century Cistercian Knockmoy Abbey
Knockmoy Abbey
Abbeyknockmoy is located in Ireland
53°26′13.2″N 08°44′49.2″W / 53.437000°N 8.747000°W / 53.437000; -8.747000
Ireland
Province
Connacht
County
Galway
Irish
parish
County Galway
Ireland
Cistercian
Kings of Connacht
Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair
wall paintings
sculpture
Soghain
a Cistercian abbey
1190
King of Connacht
Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair
Boyle Abbey
wall paintings
presbytery
Saint Sebastian
Crucifixion
Trinity

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