Mount Saint Joseph Abbey
Mount Saint Joseph Abbey is a church in County Offaly, Leinster. Mount Saint Joseph Abbey is situated nearby to the monastery Mount St. Joseph Abbey, as well as near the hamlet Brosna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount St. Joseph Abbey and Roscrea Castle.
Mount St. Joseph Abbey
Monastery
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Mount St. Joseph Abbey is an abbey of the Trappist branch of the Cistercians located in County Offaly, near Roscrea, County Tipperary in Ireland. The abbey was founded in 1878 by a group of 32 monks from Mount Melleray Abbey, County Waterford, a number of years earlier Arthur John Moore MP of County Tipperary visited Mt Melleray petitioning for it.
Roscrea Castle
Castle
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Roscrea Castle is a 13th-century motte-and-bailey castle in the town of Roscrea, Ireland. The castle consists of a walled courtyard, gate block, and angled towers. Roscrea Castle is situated 4 km east of Mount Saint Joseph Abbey.
Roscrea Friary
Ruins
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Roscrea Friary is a ruined medieval Franciscan friary and National Monument in Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is on Abbey Street, in the west end of Roscrea, on the north bank of the River Bunnow. Roscrea Friary is situated 4 km east of Mount Saint Joseph Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brosna and Roscrea.
Brosna
Hamlet
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Brosna is a small village and townland in County Offaly, Ireland. 7 km north-west of Roscrea, it lies in the valley of the Little Brosna River near the N62 road. Brosna is situated 4 km northwest of Mount Saint Joseph Abbey.
Roscrea
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Roscrea is a town in County Tipperary, 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.
Dunkerrin
Hamlet
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Dunkerrin is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland, just south of Roscrea and near the County Tipperary border. It is on the R445 road which was once the main road from Dublin to Limerick. Dunkerrin is situated 7 km southwest of Mount Saint Joseph Abbey.
Mount Saint Joseph Abbey
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.96373° or 52° 57′ 49″ northLongitude
-7.85575° or 7° 51′ 21″ westElevation
72 metres (236 feet)Open location code
9C4JX47V+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 365982627OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicGeoNames ID
3312950
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