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.

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″ north

Longitude

-7.85575° or 7° 51′ 21″ west

Elevation

72 metres (236 feet)

Open location code

9C4JX47V+FM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 365982627

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

GeoNames ID

3312950

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