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Grange Abbey is a ruined chapel on the former ''Grange of Baldoyle'' lands, now in Donaghmede, in the townland of Baldoyle, at the northern edge of Dublin city, Ireland. ==History== The Priory of All Hallows (or All Saints) was founded by the King of Leinster, Diarmuid MacMurrough, in 1166 just outside Dublin city, and to support it he gifted to the Bishop of Louth the lands of Baldoyle with their existing tenants〔Mac Giolla Phadraig, Brian, "Grange Abbey, Baldoyle." Dublin, Old Dublin Society, "Dublin Historical Record" vol. 20, no. 3/4 (June - Sept. 1965), p. 129〕 (and it is later noted that the priory had the rights to wrecks on the Baldoyle coast also). The priory is noted as still holding a Grange at Baldoyle in 1275 and while no early reference to a chapel or church is made, it would have been common for a monastic holding to have some such facility. One writer on the topic, Mac Giolla Phadraig, calculated, based on architecture, that the building might date from the late 13th or early 14th century.〔Mac Giolla Phadraig, Brian, "Grange Abbey, Baldoyle." Dublin, Old Dublin Society, "Dublin Historical Record" vol. 20, no. 3/4 (June - Sept. 1965), p. 130〕 The first explicit reference to the chapel dates from 1369, noting that the Lord Deputy of Ireland held a Parliament in "the Church of the Grange" then. A further reference is made in 1472, when a John Sherreff of Howth left money to the churches at Coolock, Raheny and St. Doulagh's Church, Fingal"Little Grange."〔 When the Irish Reformation was followed by monastic property seizures, the "Grange of Baldowill" was assessed, and granted, in 1539, to the Corporation of Dublin as part of the property of All Saints.〔 The small church was repaired, by Thomas Fitzsimons, the tenant of the Grange, and others, in 1609, and had a curate in 1615. In 1630, the archiepiscopal visitation reported that the church was ruined, only bare walls remaining, and there were no Protestants in the parish, although there was still an assigned curate - and the tenant still collected tithes, while also allowing Mass to be said in his house.〔Mac Giolla Phadraig, Brian, "Grange Abbey, Baldoyle." Dublin, Old Dublin Society, "Dublin Historical Record" vol. 20, no. 3/4 (June - Sept. 1965), p. 131〕 Renewal of the lease of the Grange was sought in 1630 and granted by Dublin Corporation in 1638, but there is no mention of any repair to the chapel, and in 1675, the curacy of Baldoyle was merged into the parish of Howth.〔 Up until recently (1991), the Grange House and surrounding lands of Clongriffin were privately owned by the Hoey Family from 1932, who also owned the pub "Hoeys" of Baldoyle from 1897 (later thought sold in 1914) and currently known as "Graingers" of Baldoyle.〔Thoms directory〕 The chapel is mentioned again from the mid-19th century, as a picturesque ruin, abandoned (without tithes), on the grounds of Grange Lodge, Baldoyle, the whole civil parish still being the property of Dublin Corporation.〔Mac Giolla Phadraig, Brian, "Grange Abbey, Baldoyle." Dublin, Old Dublin Society, "Dublin Historical Record" vol. 20, no. 3/4 (June - Sept. 1965), p. 132〕 Development of municipal property in the lands surrounding the abbey began in the late 1960s, with the construction of modern roads and corporation housing, but the chapel was protected. Across from the Grange Abbey was "The Grange" House, a large stone house (thought around 700 years old). "The Grange" house and surrounding lands of Clongriffin were privately owned by Raphael Hoey from 1932 and were known to include a dairy farm that was in operation until 1976. The house was known to have several underground passageways beneath it which lead to both the Grange Abbey, and St. Doulagh's Church, Fingal in Malahide. However, unfortunately the house was burned to the ground and several outbuildings including stables, a milking parlour, and cowshed along with an orchard were demolished shortly after the sale of the land to a developer in 1991. The rubble of the house was used to fill the last of its fish ponds. Some of the streets of the new housing estate since build on the land in 2003 bear the name "Hoey" with respect to the last known owner occupant of "The Grange" House and farm. The ruins of the Grange Abbey are all that remain of "The Grange of Baldoyle" today. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grange Abbey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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