Dunbrody Abbey: A Cistercian Nave and a Hedge Maze
Wexford, Ireland
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Dunbrody Abbey: A Cistercian Nave and a Hedge Maze
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Richard de Clare — Strongbow — instructed his uncle Hervé de Montmorency to found a Cistercian house in Wexford, and Dunbrody is the result: a very large roofless abbey church on the Barrow estuary, with a nave you can walk the full length of and a crossing tower still standing. The visitor centre opposite is run by the present Marquess of Donegall and has one of only two full-size hedge mazes in Ireland, which is an unusual thing to find across the road from a medieval abbey.
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Walk the full length of the roofless nave and stand under the crossing tower
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of 4
Get lost in the hedge maze, one of only two full-size ones in Ireland
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of 4
Find out why Strongbow's uncle founded a Cistercian house on this estuary
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of 4
Walk down to the Barrow estuary below the abbey
Walk the full length of the roofless nave and stand under the crossing tower
Get lost in the hedge maze, one of only two full-size ones in Ireland
Find out why Strongbow's uncle founded a Cistercian house on this estuary
Walk down to the Barrow estuary below the abbey
Before you go
Dunbrody's visitor centre, abbey and maze open for the season and close over the winter — check before travelling.
The abbey is ticketed through the visitor centre, and the centre, the maze and the abbey all close for the winter season.
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