Sunset at Abbeyshrule Abbey.

Some info about the Abbey.

The Abbey was founded from Mellifont in 1150 AD by the Cistercians during the lifetime of their founder St Bernard of Clairvaux and endowed by O’Farrell, Prince of Annally. It enjoyed large possessions west to Ballnamanagh, the Town of the Monks, and to the north the medieval chapel of Agharra.
The Abbey was built on the site of an earlier Christain settlement whose ninth century abbots are recorded in the Annals. A surviving early Christian High Cross is preserved in the village. The monastery was sacked on two occasions, by an army from the Pale and at a later period by Hugh Ruadh O’Donnell. Suppressed during the reign of Elizabeth I and eventually confiscated by the Earl of Roscommon (Dillon).
Some of the earliest stonework survives. The Cisterian obligatory water mill was powered by the Inny. The actual site stretched to a large area before boundary walls were built around it during the last century. The tower house was a medieval watchtower used by the autonomous O’Farrell Clan.

Nikon D80, 18-135mm Lens.