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Time: March 23, 2013 from 11am to 4pm
Location: Donegan's Monasterboice Inn
Street: Monasterboice
City/Town: 10 km north of Drogheda R132
Phone: 086 8050177
Event Type: paint-out
Organized By: Sally Downey
Latest Activity: Mar 22, 2013

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Our destination this week is Old Mellifornt abbey and/or nearby Monasterboice. Old Mellifont Abbey was founded in 1142 and was the first Cistercian abbey in Ireland. The abbey sits in a peaceful valley set in the rolling fields of south County Louth. Mellifont was the model on which all Cistercian abbeys in Ireland was based. It is especially famous for its octagonal Lavabo. The site does not officially open until May so we should be able to work away in relative freedom. Free car park.

Monasterboice is a product of early Christian Ireland, founded in fifth century. It continues to this day as a burial ground but is famous for its 10th century High Crosses and round tower especially M uiredach's Cross

And if you don’t ‘do’ buildings there’s plenty of honest-to-god countryside.

Meet for coffee or your usual in Donegans of Monasterboice on the N1, aka R132, about 10 kilometers north of Drogheda i.e. on the OLD Belfast Road. Donegans has its own historical connections – Patrick Sarsfield(‘s brother), and 1798 – and serves a good breakfast!

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Comment by Sally Downey on March 22, 2013 at 23:02: Tomorrow's paint-out to Mellifont is postponed. Neither long-johns nor ski pants would be sufficient to fool us into thinking we were comfortable in that east wind. Stay warm until next time.

Comment by anna d hurley on March 21, 2013 at 21:09: What a winter, between being sick and cold, Dee and myself cannot get out. Work also in the house upsetting things. I do wish the weather would clear up although I have done quite a few paintings lately.