Qualla: Greyabbey https://qualla.com/greyabbey en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/n/greyabbey-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Greyabbey https://qualla.com/greyabbey Greyabbey: Introduction https://qualla.com/greyabbey/ Photo credit Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0. Affreca came ashore alive. Daughter of Godred Olafsson, King of the Isles, and wife of John de Courcy, the Anglo-Norman who had carved out his own private fiefdom in Ulster, she had survived a sea crossing that should have killed her. In thanksgiving, she did what wealthy medieval women did with thanksgiving: she founded an abbey. The year was 1193. The monks came from Holmcultram in Cumberland, the stone went up almost immediately, and the Latin name they chose was Iugum Dei, the Yoke of God. Eight hundred years later, the abbey is a roofless ruin and the village that grew up beside it is called Greyabbey, though the people who actually live there call it Greba.

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/n/greyabbey-wp/gcsn-greyabbey-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Greyabbey: Stones That Outlasted Empires https://qualla.com/greyabbey/ Photo credit Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0. The abbey's working life was short and frequently violent. Edward Bruce's invasion of Ireland between 1315 and 1318 reduced most of the buildings to rubble. The monks rebuilt what they could. In 1541, Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries closed the doors for good, and the ...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/n/greyabbey-wp/gcsn-greyabbey-stones-that-outlasted-empires.mp3 0:06 2 full Greyabbey: The Green Boys of Greba https://qualla.com/greyabbey/ Photo credit Rossographer, CC BY-SA 2.0. On Pike Sunday, 10 June 1798, men from Greyabbey marched with their neighbours from Bangor, Donaghadee and Ballywalter to seize Newtownards. They met musket fire at the market house and broke. The rising was over within hours, but the consequences came slowly. On 2 July, the Reve...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/n/greyabbey-wp/gcsn-greyabbey-the-green-boys-of-greba.mp3 0:06 3 full Greyabbey: Antiques, Orange Lodges and a Tropical Garden https://qualla.com/greyabbey/ Photo credit Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0. Greyabbey today is best known for two things that sit uneasily together: antique shops and the Twelfth of July. Several specialist dealers occupy the Georgian and Victorian buildings along Main Street, drawing browsers in search of Belleek china and Edwardian silver. In 2022, the...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/n/greyabbey-wp/gcsn-greyabbey-antiques-orange-lodges-and-a-tropical-garden.mp3 0:06 4 full Greyabbey: Cup Final Hero https://qualla.com/greyabbey/ Photo credit Guliolopez (Wikipedia:en:User:Guliolopez), CC BY-SA 3.0. In May 1969, Billy McAvoy of Greyabbey scored four goals for Ards Football Club in the Irish Cup Final replay against Distillery. Ards won 4-2 after extra time, the club's third Irish Cup, and McAvoy's four-goal haul equalled the post-war record for goals scored by one player in ...

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