Bolton Abbey, Moone, County Kildare is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1965. It was established by monks from Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, and became an independent monastery and abbey in 1977. The monastery works a dairy farm on its property.Bolton Abbey Ordre Cistercien de la Stricte Observance.
The farm and house were donated by Dr. Robert Farnan. The monastery was established by Fr Ambrose Farrington and Br Kieran Dooley from Roscrea and officially opened in 1965. In 2015 it celebrated its 50th anniversary.Over the moon in moone Kildare Nationalist, 8 September 2015.
Superiors / Abbots 1965 - Dom Ambrose Farrington - Superior 1974 - Dom Bennedict Kearns - Superior 1977 - Abbot Benedict Kearns 1994 - Abbot Ambrose Farrington'Gregory's Angels: A History of the Abbeys, Priories, Parishes and Schools of the Monks and Nuns' By Gordon Beattie OSB, 1997. 2000 - Abbot Eoin De Bhalraithe (abbot 20/05/2000–20/05/2006) 2006 - Abbot Peter Garvey (1937–2014)Abbot and school president known for his kindness and wisdom - Peter Garvey Irish Times, 13 December 2014. 2012 - Abbot (Dom) Michael Ryan (abbot 2012–)Homily of Archbishop Martin, at the Abbatial Blessing of Dom Michael Ryan, OCSO Catholic Communications Office, 11 July 2012
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