Abbey of Woney [SEP] located next to body of water
Abbey of Woney
The Cistercian Abbey of Woney (Irish, "Mainistir Uaithne"), also written Wotheny or Owney, on the banks of the Mulkear River in Abington, County Limerick, was founded in 1205 when Theobald Walter (le Botiller) granted the whole "theodum" (believed to be an error, which should have been feodum) of Woodenikuwice for the purpose. Traces of the architecture and layout of the monastery may still seen in the graveyard in the hamlet of Abington, just south of Murroe.
Abington (hamlet)
Abington is a hamlet in the civil parish of Abington, County Limerick. The ruins of the mediaeval Abbey of Woney are located in the graveyard of the village.