What is recorded here
Inch Abbey stands as a Cistercian ruin founded around 1180 by John de Courcy on the banks of the River Quoile. The strict monks who once farmed and prayed there left behind Gothic arches and cloister outlines that still cut through the rising mist. Local tradition claims these same monks first wrote the story of St Patrick banishing snakes from Ireland, turning a quiet marsh into a cradle of national legend.
Inch Abbey is recorded as a archaeological place in County Down. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
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Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0