Creevelea Abbey
Creevelea Abbey is an early 16th-century Franciscan friary and National Monument located in Dromahair, County Leitrim, Ireland. Although in ruins, Creevelea Abbey is still in use as a grave yard.Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Ruin
- Description: friary located in County Leitrim, Ireland
- Also known as: “Creevelea” and “Creevelea Friary”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Drumlease Church and Gortlownan Motte.
Drumlease Church
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drumlease Church is situated 1¼ km east of Creevelea Abbey.
Gortlownan Motte
Archaeological site
Gortlownan Motte is a motte and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Gortlownan Motte is situated 2 km southwest of Creevelea Abbey.
Parke’s Castle
Photo: John Darcy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parke's Castle is a 17th-century Manor house. It was originally known as Newtowne and is situated on the shore of Lough Gill, County Leitrim, Ireland. Parke's Castle was built on the site of an earlier 16th century O'Rourke tower house. Parke’s Castle is situated 3½ km north of Creevelea Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dromahair and Fivemilebourne.
Dromahair
Town
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manorhamilton is a town in County Leitrim in northwest Ireland, 26 km east of Sligo. With a population in 2022 of 1700, it's the only town of any size in the north of the county, from Lough Allen to the Atlantic coast.
Fivemilebourne
Locality
Fivemilebourne is a populated area of County Leitrim, Ireland. It lies within the civil parish of Drumlease and the historic barony of Drumahaire. Fivemilebourne is situated 4½ km north of Creevelea Abbey.
Ballintogher
Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballintogher is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometers southeast of the county town of Sligo on the R290 road between Ballygawley to the west and Dromahair in County Leitrim to the north-east. Ballintogher is situated 5 km southwest of Creevelea Abbey.
Creevelea Abbey
- Categories: friary, archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Leitrim, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From German to Irish—“Creevelea Abbey” goes by many names.
- German: “Creevelea Friary”
- German: “Kloster Creevelea”
- Irish: “Mainistir na Craoibhe Léithe”
Localities in the Area
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