Spruce Hill

Spruce Hill is a locality in County Tipperary, Munster. Spruce Hill is situated nearby to the locality Cloncracken, as well as near Timeighter.

Places of Interest

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 3½ km east of Spruce Hill.

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 3½ km east of Spruce Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roscrea and Brosna.

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.

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 5 km northwest of Spruce Hill.

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 6 km southwest of Spruce Hill.

Spruce Hill

Type: Locality
Location: County Tipperary, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.95263° or 52° 57′ 10″ north

Longitude

-7.85368° or 7° 51′ 13″ west

Elevation

89 metres (292 feet)

Open location code

9C4JX43W+3G

GeoNames ID

12021183

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