Congratulations to our Tour Guides: Muriel Barry, Claire Murphy & Con Lydon. In Dublin, Tuesday 29th January: Mayo tourism...
Today’s task is the reconstruction of the East Wing of Ballintubber Abbey, reflecting modern architectural design, for which planning has been...
Take a very special tour of Ballintubber Abbey from the sky courtesy of Alan Clarke – to mark 800 years...
This Baptismal Font, which is used in the Abbey today, belongs to the old Monastery in the Graveyard and is...
This statue was cast by Brother Joseph McNally, a native of Ballintubber, who was a renowned sculptor and artist in...
Dancora means “the Bath of the Righteous”. Here pilgirms washed themselves, ritually expressing a cleansing from their sin (having undertaken...
These “Dairteachs” or wooden churches served as places of reflection on the Word of God or on nature, in the...
This Crib, which is open all year round, conveys a powerful message “Were Christ to be born in a thousand...
Stations in The Abbey (by Imogen Stuart) The “stations” have been especially commissioned for Ballintubber Abbey, Ireland. The artist, Imogen...
Here at the pagan well of Creevagh, Patrick baptised the people in year 441AD Ballintubber takes its name from it...
The notorious Priest Hunter was buried facing the north where the sun never rises. This was in contrast to the...
This tomb is situated in the Mortuary Chapel of the De Burgos, which is now the sacristy of the Abbey....
Elizabeth’s house is modelled on our rural cottages of the past and the people who lived there. These people were...
The Passion Play or “The Triumph of Easter” as it is called, is ‘staged’ each Holy Week on the grounds...
The spiritual powerhouse in Ballintubber Abbey is the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, where there is Eucharistic Adoration daily, from 9.30 a.m....
Its history is best summed up in the appellation “The Abbey that refused to die”. The story of Ballintubber Abbey...
The ‘themed’ landscaped grounds of the Abbey reflect the various events in the life of Christ as depicted through the...
Ballintubber Abbey and its environs exude an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity that accommodates and integrates into its setting a range of human activity and interests- spiritual, historical, educational. These include retreats, tours, weddings, concerts, liturgical celebrations, Tóchar walks, guided tours and time for quite reflection and prayer.
The ‘Abbey that refused to die’ is maintained by the generosity of the local people and by the people who...
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