Kildangan

Kildangan is a locality in County Offaly, Leinster. Kildangan is situated nearby to the village Durrow, as well as near the locality Tara.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Durrow Abbey and Durrow high cross.

Durrow Abbey

Archaeological site

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Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland. It is 5 kilometres north of the centre of Tullamore. Largely undisturbed, the site is an early medieval monastic complex of ecclesiastical and secular monuments, visible and sub-surface.

Durrow high cross

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Leah Victoria Park

Sports venue

Leah Victoria Park is an Irish football ground situated in Tullamore, County Offaly. It is the home of Tullamore Town F.C. The ground has three pitches in total, two which are of international standard and an all-weather pitch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Durrow and Tullamore.

Durrow

Village

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Durrow is a small rural village and townland in County Offaly, Ireland. Durrow is located on the N52 off the N6 road between Kilbeggan and Tullamore. Durrow Abbey, surrounded by woods, is one of Ireland's most important early Christian monasteries founded by Saint Colmcille. Durrow is situated 2½ km northeast of Kildangan.

Tullamore

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Tullamore is the county town of County Offaly, and more or less in the centre of Ireland. It's traversed by the Grand Canal, which is navigable by leisure boats from Dublin to the Shannon and beyond. The town is best known for Tullamore Dew whiskey.