In August, YouTube content creator Drone Girl visited Dunbrody Abbey in County Wexford, capturing aerial footage of the former Cistercian monastery with a quadcopter.
The following screenshots were taken from the video:
Herve de Montmorency founded Dunbrody Abbey in 1182 on the instruction of his nephew Richard de Clare, a leading figure in the Norman conquest of Ireland. Cistercian monks settled at the site that same year. They built the cross-shaped church between 1210 and 1240, with the tower added during the 15th century.
King Henry VIII dissolved the abbey in 1536 as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Crown later granted its lands to the Etchingham family in 1545.