Hemming’s Ville

Hemming’s Ville is a locality in County Galway, Connacht. Hemming’s Ville is situated nearby to the hamlet Bankfield, as well as near the locality Clonfert Cross Roads.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clonfert Cathedral and Esker Martello Tower.

Clonfert Cathedral

Church

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Clonfert Cathedral is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Clonfert, County Galway in Ireland. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Clonfert and then one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe, it is now one of five cathedrals in the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe. Clonfert Cathedral is situated 3½ km northwest of Hemming’s Ville.

Esker Martello Tower

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Esker Martello Tower is situated 3½ km southeast of Hemming’s Ville.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clonfert and Banagher.

Clonfert

Locality

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Clonfert is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland, halfway between Ballinasloe and Portumna. The village gives its name to the Diocese of Clonfert. Clonfert Cathedral is one of the eight cathedral churches of the Church of Ireland, Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe. Clonfert is situated 3 km northwest of Hemming’s Ville.

Banagher

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Banagher is a town at the western edge of County Offaly on the banks of the River Shannon. In Irish it's Beannchar na Sionna, "the place of the pointed rocks on the Shannon" - the river is shallow so it can be forded and is less flood-prone, but it's a block to navigation.