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Line 1: {{short description\|Ruined medieval monastery, County Meath, Ireland}} {{about\|\|the Benedictine priory in the United States\|Newton Abbey\|the town in Northern Ireland\|Newtownabbey}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2019}} {{Use Irish English\|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox monastery \|name= Newtown Abbey Line 15 ⟶ 19: \|people= \|location= Newtown, [[Trim, County Meath\|Trim]], [[County Meath]] \| ~~latitude~~ coordinates = {{coord\|53.555252\|-6.773247\|type:landmark\|display=inline}} ~~\| longitude =-6.773247~~ \| map_type = Ireland \| public_access = yes \|website = \| remains = \| heritage_designation = [[National Monument (Ireland)\|National Monument]] \| embedded = {{Infobox designation list \| embed =yes \| designation2 = National Monument of Ireland \| designation2_offname = Newtown Abbey \| designation2_number = 110 }} }} Line 27 ⟶ 36: ==Location== Newtown Abbey is located about 1.2  km (¾ mile) east of Trim town centre, on the north bank of the [[River Boyne\|Boyne]]. ==History== The Abbey was founded by [[Simon Rochfort]], [[Bishop of Meath]], for [[Canons Regular]] ("Augustinians") of the [[Abbey of St. Victor, Paris\|Order of St. Victor]] about 1206, and was dedicated to [[Saint Peter]] and [[Paul the Apostle\|Saint Paul]].<ref name="libraryireland">[{{cite web\|url=http://www.libraryireland.com/Antiquities/III-I.php]\|title=Irish Abbeys\|publisher=libraryireland.com\|accessdate=2015-12-09}}</ref> A [[synod]] was held at Newtown in 1216, which turned the [[Episcopal see\|sees]] of the churches of Trim, Kells, Slane, Skryne, and Dunshaughlin into [[Deanery\|rural deaneries]]. In 1307, Richard Sweetman, the prior, was accused of murdering Robert Mody, one of the ~~friars~~canons, and of assisting his brother, William Sweetman, to kill another canon. The prior gave Hugh de Lacie and John le Blounde, of [[Rathregan]], as bail ~~For~~for his appearance at the next assizes. There is no record of the result of the trial. [[William Sherwood (bishop)\|William Shirwood]], Bishop of Meath, was interred at Newtown Abbey in 1482. The Abbey was suppressed in the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] in 1537. ==Buildings==▼ ▲==Buildings== The main building is the Church of St Peter and St Paul (sometimes called a cathedral). The abbey church features [[lancet]] windows, with [[Norman architecture\|Norman]]-style [[sedilia]] to the right of the altar, and a double [[piscina]] for washing communion vessels.<ref>[http://irelandinruins.blogspot.ie/2012_04_01_archive.html]</ref>▼ [[File:Newtown Trim Cathedral.JPG\|thumb\|The "jealous man and woman", believed to be Sir Lucas Dillon (died 1592) and his first wife Janet Bathe, their effigies covered in [[lichen]]s.]] ▲The main building is the Church of St Peter and St Paul (sometimes called a cathedral). The abbey church features [[lancet window\|lancet]] windows, with [[Norman architecture\|Norman]]-style [[sedilia]] to the right of the altar, and a double [[piscina]] for washing communion vessels.<ref name="blogspot">[{{cite web\|url=http://irelandinruins.blogspot.ie/2012_04_01_archive.html]\|title=Ireland In Ruins: April 2012\|publisher=irelandinruins.blogspot.ie\|accessdate=2015-12-09}}</ref> A smaller church in the east of the monastery is the parish church of Newtown Clonbun. This is the burial site of [[Lucas Dillon (judge)\|Lucas Dillon]] (~~c.1530–1592~~1530 – 1592), [[Attorney General for Ireland]] and [[Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer]], and his first wife Jane Bathe. Their [[tomb effigies]] are separated by a [[sword of state]], and so they gained the local nickname of the "jealous man and woman".<ref name="google">[{{cite book\|title=Journal of a Tour in Ireland, A.D. 1806\|author=Hoare, R.C.\|date=1807\|issue=pt. 1806\|publisher=W. Miller, ... and for J. Archer, and M. Mahon, Dublin.\|url=https://books.google.iecom/books?id=NHgRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA269~~&lpg~~\|page=~~PA269&dq=trim+%22newtown+abbey%22+%22king+john%22+daughter&source=bl&ots~~269\|accessdate=2015-~~mA3CRSjip&sig=n4GeAr9F_Ko_TQs~~12-~~MDVp1ElLnNY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjguIvVzs_JAhWBFR4KHa7LDz4Q6AEIQjAG#v=onepage&q=trim%20%22newtown%20abbey%22%20%22king%20john%22%20daughter&f=false]~~09}}</ref><ref name="boynevalleydrive">[{{cite web\|url=http://www.boynevalleydrive.ie/boyne-valley-drive/heritage-sites/newtown-monuments]\|title=Newtown Monuments \| Boyne Valley Meath, Ireland\|publisher=boynevalleydrive.ie\|accessdate=2015-12-09}}</ref> ==References== Line 50 ⟶ 61: [[Category:Religion in County Meath]] [[Category:Archaeological sites in County Meath]] [[Category:National ~~Monuments~~monuments in County Meath]]