Tara
Tara is a locality in County Offaly, Leinster. Tara is situated nearby to the locality Ballybought, as well as near the hamlet Lismoyny.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Durrow Abbey and St Columba’s Church.
Durrow Abbey
Archaeological site
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Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland. It is located off the N52 some 5 miles from Tullamore. Largely undisturbed, the site is an early medieval monastic complex of ecclesiastical and secular monuments, visible and sub-surface.
St Columba’s Church
Church
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St Columba’s Church is situated 3 km east of Tara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Durrow and Clara.
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 3 km east of Tara.
Clara
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Clara is a town in County Offaly in the midlands of Ireland. It's on the main Dublin-Galway railway and has become a commuter town for the capital, with a population of 3400 in 2022. Its main sight, 2 km south, is the wetland of Clara Bog.
Kilbeggan
Town
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Kilbeggan is a town in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is in the barony of Moycashel. Kilbeggan is situated 6 km northeast of Tara.
Tara
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.32832° or 53° 19′ 42″ northLongitude
-7.55418° or 7° 33′ 15″ westElevation
65 metres (213 feet)Open location code
9C5J8CHW+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 52253481OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3313991
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