Brosna

Brosna is a small village and townland in , . 7 km north-west of , it lies in the valley of the near the N62 road.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: hamlet in Leinster, Ireland
  • Also known as: Brosna, County Offaly

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount St. Joseph Abbey.

Monastery
is an abbey of the Trappist branch of the Cistercians located in , near , in . The abbey was founded in 1878 by a group of 32 monks from Mount Melleray Abbey, , a number of years earlier Arthur John Moore MP of County Tipperary visited Mt Melleray petitioning for it. is situated 4 km southeast of Brosna.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roscrea and Dunkerrin.

is a town in , with a population of 5500 in 2022. It has several medieval buildings, notably the castle, and is also a good base for nearby sites across the county boundary in Offaly and Laois.

Hamlet
is a small village in , , just south of and near the border. It is on the R445 road which was once the main road from to . is situated 9 km south of Brosna.

Village
, sometimes spelt Crinkle, is a village in , , close to . was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 682 people. is situated 10 km north of Brosna.

Brosna

Latitude
52.99138° or 52° 59′ 29″ north
Longitude
-7.88819° or 7° 53′ 18″ west
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Open location code
9C4JX4R6+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52222581
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2965963
Wiki­data ID
Q4097079
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Russian—“Brosna” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Brosna (Offaly konderria)
  • Basque: Brosna
  • Dutch: Brosna
  • Irish: An Bhrosnach, Contae Uíbh Fhailí
  • Irish: An Bhrosnach
  • Russian: Бросна

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gay Treacy Airstrip and Kilballyskea Bog.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brosna”. Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.