Dunbrody Abbey Hook Peninsula Co Wexford Ireland Antique Print c1896

A black & white print, from a disbound book Pictorial Ireland c1896 with another print on the reverse. 

Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 11.5" x 9" or 29.5cm x 23cm, including text and border.

Actual picture size approx 9" x 6.5" or 22.5cm x 16.7cm

This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.  

All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.  

While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.

Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)

DUNBRODY ABBEY.
This large and beautiful ruin, one of the finest in all Ireland, was a monastery of the Cistercians, and was founded in the twelfth century by Henry de Montmorency, marshal of Henry II., who was the first abbot, and richly endowed it with a portion of his lands, surrendering the rest on embracing the religious life. There is a fine cruciform church with nave, aisles, transept, and choir, the nave being separated from the aisles by rows of pointed arches. The tower is low and massive. Grose mentions the ruins as even more beautiful in his time than at present, instancing particularly the great east window and west door. Near the Abbey are the remains of Dunbrody Castle, also dating from the time of Henry II., but which are now built in with a modern house.