Red Abbey
Ruins · Ireland
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 51.894, -8.472
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Today all that remains of the structure is the central bell tower of the abbey church, which is one of the last remaining visible structures dating to the medieval walled town of Cork.
History
The Red Abbey in Cork, Ireland was a 14th-century Augustinian abbey which took its name from the reddish sandstone used in construction. Today all that remains of the structure is the central bell tower of the abbey church, which is one of the last remaining visible structures dating to the medieval walled town of Cork.