Glencairn

Lismore, Co. Waterford, Irlande / Moniales

Localisation

Nom officielSt. Mary’s Abbey
Numéro24
AdresseGlencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland
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Informations de contact

Téléphone[353] (58) 56168
Téléphone 2Card Dept: 353 56901
Email communautéinfo@glencairnabbey.org
Email professionnelcards@glencairnabbey.org
Site webwww.glencairnabbey.org
SupérieurMother Fiachra Nutty, Abbess 2025-2031

Autres informations

Statut juridiqueAbbey
DiocèseDioecesis Waterfordiensis et Lismorensis (Waterford and Lismore)
OriginesFoundation by Stapehill in 1932; erection as an abbey in 1934.
Histoire
  • St. Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn was founded by Holy Cross Abbey at Stapehill, England (today located at Whitland, Wales). Until then, there had been no Cistercian monastery for women in Ireland since before the reformation.
  • When the Abbot of Mount Melleray was informed that Glencairn was for sale and would make a suitable monastery for nuns, Stapehill agreed to make the foundation. Mount Melleray bought Glencairn, and over the next six years, monks and labourers built the Church, Sacristy, with rooms above, and Dormitory/Refectory North Wing.
  • On 3rd March, 1932, two Sisters came from Stapehill to Glencairn to make final preparations for the main group, which, with Rev. M. Maura (foundress), fifteen Sisters in all arrived in Glencairn on 10th March 1932.
  • The community continued to increase in number and by 1949 responded to a request from Cardinal Cushing to make the first Cistercian foundation for women in the United States at Mount St. Mary’s, in Massachusetts.
  • Subsequently, in 1982 the community at Glencairn made a second foundation in Nigeria with the founding of St. Justina’s monastery in Abakaliki.
Père immédiatMount Melleray (until 2022); Delegate of the Father Immediate: Dom Michael Ryan of Bolton
Associés laïcsGlencairn Associates
Supérieurs préc.
  • Maura Mary PERRY — Superior — 1932 – 31/01/1935
  • Maura Mary PERRY — Abbess — 31/01/1935 – 15/10/1935
  • Gertrude PURCELL — Abbess — 05/11/1935 – 05/11/1944
  • Margaret SHAW — Abbess — 05/11/1944 – 05/11/1950
  • Gertrude PURCELL (2) — Abbess — 05/11/1950 – 22/07/1955
  • Agnes FAHEY — Sup. ad nutum — 22/07/1955 – 31/10/1958
  • Margaret SHAW (2) — Abbess — 31/10/1958 – 27/03/1965
  • Imelda POWER — Abbess — 31/05/1965 – 31/05/1983
  • Dominic LEE — Abbess — 31/05/1983 – 31/05/1995
  • Agnes O’SHEA — Abbess — 31/05/1995 – 31/05/2001
  • Marie FAHY — Abbess — 31/05/ 2001 – 31/05/2025
Travail/revenusFarm, Altar breads, cards (memorial cards and greetings cards), guest house
Install. hôtes6 en suite guest rooms; alternative non en suite rooms for longterm volunteers
TransportBuses to Fermoy or Dungarvan with further local buses to Lismore or Tallow. Nearest airport is Cork
FondationsWrentham (1949), Abakaliki (1982)
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