Holiday Cottages in
Greyabbey, County Down,
Ireland
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Self Catering
holiday home accommodation in Greyabbey |
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Greyabbey
derives its name from Grey
Abbey, a Cistercian foundation located on the north side of
the town, dating from 1193. It was founded by Affreca,
daughter of Godred, the King of Mann and the Isles, and wife
of John de Courcy, Anglo-Norman conqueror of the province of
Ulster. The site of the abbey was on the Ards Peninsula,
seven miles from Newtownards, at the confluence of a small
river and Strangford Lough. Architecturally it is
important as the first fully gothic style building in
Ulster; it is the first fully stone church in which every
window arch and door was pointed rather than round headed.
The abbey is located in the parkland of Rosemount House,
home of the Montgomery family. |
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no cottages available in
Greyabbey, please see Newtownards |
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