The Rushen Abbey is a former abbey located in the Ballasalla area of the Isle of Man, near the island’s Douglas Airport. The abbey was originally founded in 1134 by an order of monks of an order known as Savignac but later fell under control of the Cistercians, a Catholic religious order. The abbey remained with the Cistercians until the order was dissolved in the 16th century under the strict rules set by King Henry VII. Hoping to increase the income of the Crown, the king acquired and disposed of a…
