Muckross Abbey
Muckross Abbey is one of the major ecclesiastical sites found in the Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland. It was founded in 1448 as a Franciscan friary for the Observantine Franciscans by Donal McCarthy Mor.Photo: Daviddphotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Estate
- Description: ruined friary in the Killarney National Park, Ireland
- Also known as: “Mucruss Abbey”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Muckross House and Torc Waterfall.
Muckross House
Castle
Photo: Emmett.Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Muckross House is located on the small Muckross Peninsula between Muckross Lake and Lough Leane, two of the lakes of Killarney, 6 kilometres from the town of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.
Torc Waterfall
Waterfall
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torc Waterfall is a 20 metres high, 110 metres long cascade waterfall formed by the Owengarriff River as it drains from the Devil's Punchbowl corrie lake at Mangerton Mountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Killarney and Fossa.
Killarney
Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Killarney is a town in County Kerry in southwest Ireland. It has a resident population of about 14,000 but in summer they're outnumbered by tourists, because this is one of the most scenic areas of Ireland, firmly on the tourist circuit for over 150 years.
Fossa
Hamlet
Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fossa is a village and parish in County Kerry, Ireland, north of the Lakes of Killarney. Townlands in Fossa parish:… Fossa is situated 8 km northwest of Muckross Abbey.
Kilcummin Farmhill
Village
Kilcummin is a village in County Kerry, Ireland, about 6 kilometres north-east of Killarney. The population was 612 at the 2022 census. Kilcummin GAA Club was formed in 1910 and competes in gaelic football. Kilcummin Farmhill is situated 9 km north of Muckross Abbey.
Muckross Abbey
- Categories: abbey and agriculture
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Muckross Abbey” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Muckross abade-etxea”
- Catalan: “Muckross Abbey”
- Dutch: “Muckross Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Muckross”
- French: “Abbaye de Muckross”
- German: “Muckross Abbey”
- Irish: “Mainistir Mhucrois”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Muckross”
- Italian: “Muckross Abbey”
- Polish: “Muckross Abbey”
- Russian: “Аббатство Макросс”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Muckros”
- Spanish: “abadia de Muckross”
- Spanish: “abadía de Muckross”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Muckross”
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Notable Places Nearby
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