Ireland-Roscommon county

Boyle abbey, the first successful foundation in Connacht of the Cistercian order. Today only small parts of the cloister survive, because it was turned into a barracks by the Elizabethans and the Cromwellians who besieged it in 1645. Despite this, the ruins are impressive, dominated by a squat square tower that was added above the crossing sometime in the thirteenth century. The church adheres to the Cistercian canon

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Boyle abbey, the first successful foundation in Connacht of the Cistercian order. Today only small parts of the cloister survive, because it was turned into a barracks by the Elizabethans and the Cromwellians who besieged it in 1645. Despite this, the ruins are impressive, dominated by a squat square tower that was added above the crossing sometime in the thirteenth century. The church adheres to the Cistercian canon