tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post7913724300718373126..comments2023-10-17T12:19:22.853+01:00Comments on The Catholic Heritage Association of Ireland: The Cistercians of Kildare and Leighlin - Mellifont FoundationsCatholic Heritage Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931529213337535429noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-62972849785608519882012-06-29T18:21:18.079+01:002012-06-29T18:21:18.079+01:00I live not far from Mellifont and I think you capt...I live not far from Mellifont and I think you captured it excellently in words and pictures. It's also good to put it into a context of the daughter houses. Good on you!Olliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00307305249340920446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-75733075419511053102012-05-06T10:41:42.441+01:002012-05-06T10:41:42.441+01:00It suprises me at how the Irish Church that defini...It suprises me at how the Irish Church that definitely had a need for reform is painted as irreformable and that the introduction of continental monasticism was a Norman thing. It's too easy to look at the Normans from the distance of 800 years. The original justification was to continue the reform of the Church but as we can see from this post the Irish Church was already in a healthy state of reform.CharlieQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07730739750128888064noreply@blogger.com