BECTIVE ABBEY WINDOW
Co. Meath
Item F-103
In 1186, 40 years after the abbey was
founded, Hugh de Lacy was murdered. He was beheaded by a furious workman in
Durrow, Co. Offaly. The workman was outrage because Hugh de Lacy would
demolish Durrow abbey to build a castle on the spot. His headless truck was
buried at Bective and his head at St. Thomas’s abbey in Dublin. Later, a
decree proclaimed that certain lands would become the property of the abbey
that held Hugh’s body – but which was the true body? A court decided in
1205 in favor of the head – and St. Thomas’s. Later in the 16th
century, Bective became a fortified manor house.
$79.95
Background is a reproduction print from
the artists original pastel of a typical Irish scene (not the actual view
from the window). Prints are not intended to be removed, they are part
of the actual artwork. This is not a picture frame.
