Portglenone Abbey
Our Lady of Bethlehem Abbey, also known as Portglenone Abbey, is a Cistercian monastery in Portglenone, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, founded in 1948 by the Cistercian community of Mount Melleray Abbey in County Waterford.Photo: Cormac Duffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: cistercian monastery in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Also known as: “Our Lady of Bethlehem Abbey”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portglenone and Glenone.
Portglenone
Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portglenone is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies 8.5 miles west of Ballymena. It had a population of 1,174 people in the 2011 Census.
Glenone
Village
Glenone is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 318. It is situated within Mid-Ulster district. Portglenone lies a short distance across the Lower River Bann and Inishrush is a short distance to the west.
Clady
Village
Clady is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 517 people in the 2021 census. It is within the Mid-Ulster District area. The village name comes from the Clady River, a major river in Northern Ireland.
Portglenone Abbey
- Categories: Trappist monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.87061° or 54° 52′ 14″ northLongitude
-6.47538° or 6° 28′ 31″ westElevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
9C6MVGCF+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 6414355826OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicGeoNames ID
11054861Wikidata ID
Q7231730
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“Portglenone Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Portglenone”
- French: “Abbaye de Portglenone”
- German: “Kloster Portglenone”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Portglenone”
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