Portumna Abbey
{{Short description|Ruined medieval friary in Galway, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Irish English|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox monastery
|name= Portumna Abbey
|other_names= Portomna; Portompria
| native_name = Mainistir Phort Omna
| native_name_lang = ga
| image =PortumnaFriary.jpg
|caption = Ruins of the abbey church
|order= Cistercian Order (1254–1414?)
Dominican Order (1426–1711)
|founder= Murchad Ó Madáin (1426)
|established= 1254; refounded 1426, 1640
|disestablished= c. 1582, 1698, 1711
|diocese= Clonfert
| status = Inactive
| style = Late Gothic
|people=Ambrose Ó Madadhan
Richard Ó Madadhan
Anthony McHugo
Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde
Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan
|location= Portumna Demesne, Portumna, County Galway
|coordinates = {{coord|53.086087|-8.217617|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = Ireland
| public_access = yes
| mother = Dunbrody Abbey (Cistercian era)
| remains = abbey church, cloister
| embedded = {{Infobox designation list
| embed =yes
| designation2 = National Monument of Ireland
| designation2_offname = Portumna Abbey
| designation2_number = 461
}} }}
Portumna Abbey is a medieval Cistercian (and later Dominican) friary and National Monument located in Portumna, Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://indigo.ie/~wildgees/abbey.htm|title=Wild Geese Heritage Museum and Library, Portumna, Co. Galway, Ireland - Portumna Abbey|website=indigo.ie}}{{cite web|url=https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4583339/4580932/4591190|title=Portumna Abbey|website=dúchas.ie}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lYGXai3sq2YC&q=Portumna+friary&pg=PA114|title=Back Roads Ireland|first=D. K.|last=Travel|date=1 February 2013|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited|isbn=9781409323198|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-RXqAAAAMAAJ&q=Portumna|title=Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings|first=Harold Graham|last=Leask|date=31 March 2018|publisher=Dundalgan Press|via=Google Books}}
Location
Portumna Abbey is located {{Convert|500|m|yd}} south of Portumna town centre, immediately east of Portumna Castle and on the north edge of Lough Derg.{{cite web|url=https://www.tripadvisor.ie/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g315874-d534402-i210573796-Portumna_Castle-Portumna_County_Galway_Western_Ireland.html|title=abbey ruins - Picture of Portumna Castle, Portumna - TripAdvisor|website=www.tripadvisor.ie}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U6frAAAAMAAJ&q=Portumna|title=Abbeys and Friaries of Ireland|first=Mike|last=Salter|date=31 March 2018|publisher=Folly Publications|isbn=9781871731842|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hKGfAAAAMAAJ&q=Portumna+friary|title=The Intelligent Traveller's Guide to Historic Ireland|first=Philip Axtell|last=Crowl|date=31 March 1990|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=9780809240623|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetonationalm00harb|url-access=registration|quote=Portumna friary.|title=Guide to the national monuments in the Republic of Ireland: including a selection of other monuments not in state care|first=Peter|last=Harbison|date=1 May 1975|publisher=Gill & Macmillan|isbn=9780717107582|via=Internet Archive}}
History
A chapel dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul was founded by Cistercian monks in 1254, dependent on Dunbrody Abbey, County Wexford.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
The Cistercian foundation declined and was replaced with a Dominican friary dedicated to Saint Mary Assumed into Heaven, Peter and Paul, founded in 1426 by Murchad Ó Madáin of the powerful O'Madden lords of Síol Anmchadha.{{cite web| url = http://portumna.galway-ireland.ie/portumna-abbey.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513175252/http://portumna.galway-ireland.ie/portumna-abbey.htm| archive-date = 2012-05-13| title = Portumna Abbey County Galway Ireland}}
Portumna was dissolved c. 1582 and granted to Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde.{{cite web|url=http://portumna.galway-ireland.ie|title=Portumna, Portumna Ireland, Portumna Galway Ireland|website=portumna.galway-ireland.ie}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1-MTAQAAMAAJ&q=Portumna|title=The undoing of the friars of Ireland: a study of the novitiate question in the eighteenth century|first=Hugh|last=Fenning|date=31 March 1972|publisher=Publications universitaíres de Louvain|isbn=9782874633898|via=Google Books}}
The friary was reestablished in 1640, with Ambrose Ó Madadhan the first prior. Richard Ó Madadhan was prior in 1691, when the friars were forced to flee after the Battle of Aughrim. Anthony McHugo was the prior when the Dominicans were formally expelled on 1 May 1698. Some remained and by the early 18th century they had reoccupied the priory. McHugo died there on 24 July 1711. The friars continued to live in the area, at Boula and at Gortanumera up to the 19th century.{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/fergalsphotos/16061976263|title=Portumna Abbey|date=13 July 2012|publisher=}}
Part of the monastery was used as a Church of Ireland church in 1631. Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan married Honora Burke here on 9 January 1689, in the midst of the War of the Two Kings.{{cite web|url=http://www.secret-ireland.com/portumna-friary-co-galway/|title=Portumna Friary, Co Galway - Secret Ireland|website=www.secret-ireland.com|date=March 2015}}
The choir was the local Church of Ireland place of worship between 1762 and 1810.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1HMuAAAAMAAJ&q=Portumna+friary&pg=PA90|title=The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication, as Existing in 1814-45|date=31 March 2018|publisher=A. Fullarton and Company|via=Google Books}}
Buildings
File:Portumna Priory East Window 2003 09 04.jpg]]
The church is {{Convert|35|m|abbr=on}} long with nave and chancel separated by a tower. There is a large collection of medieval graveslabs and memorial plaques, and a piscinal.
On the northern side is a cloister and sacristy, with some of the arcade reconstructed.{{cite web| url = http://www.megalithicireland.com/Portumna%20Friary,%20Galway.html| title = Portumna Friary, Galway}}
References
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External links
- {{Youtube|gDAdjn7Qa4M|Portumna Friary video tour}}
Category:Cistercian monasteries in the Republic of Ireland
Category:Dominican monasteries in the Republic of Ireland
Category:Religion in County Galway
Category:Archaeological sites in County Galway
Category:National monuments in County Galway