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Fore Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Fhobhair) is the old Benedictine Abbey ruin, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, Ireland.
In the 13th century the Hugh de Lacy the Norman and landlord built a Bendictine priory in the valley nearby. Many of the buildings that remain today (in ruins) are from the 15th century and have been restored throughout this century, making Fore Abbey the largest group of 300 Benedictine to have sojourned and remained in Ireland. This priory was dedicated to both St Feichin and St Taurin, the Evreux, Normandy abbot of the parent monastery.

The Abbey is also noted for what local populations call its seven wonders:
   1. The monastery built upon the bog.
   2. The mill without a race (Lough Lene water flows from the hill).
   3. The water that flows uphill.
   4. The tree that has three branches/the tree that won’t burn.
   5. The water that doesn’t boil.
   6. The anchorite in a cell
   7. The lintel-stone raised by St. Fechin’s prayers.
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