Boyle

Boyle is a market town in in northwest Ireland, with a population in 2022 of 2900. It's at the foot of the Curlew Mountains near Lough Key; its main attractions are King House, its ruined abbey, and water activities on the lough.
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  • Type: Town with 2,570 residents
  • Description: town in County Roscommon, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Boyle (Roscommon)”, “Boyle, Condado de Roscommon”, “Boyle, County Roscommon”, “Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland”, “Boyle, Ireland”, “Boyle, Roscommon”, and “Boyle, Roscommon, Ireland”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Boyle railway station and Boyle Abbey.

Railway station
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serves the town of Boyle in , .

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is a ruined Cistercian friary located in Boyle, , .

Ruins
is a former medieval… is situated 3½ km northeast of Boyle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballinafad.

Village
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is a village in the south of in the west of Ireland. is situated 6 km north of Boyle.

Boyle

Latitude
53.9723° or 53° 58′ 20″ north
Longitude
-8.3013° or 8° 18′ 5″ west
Population
2,570
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IE BOY
Open location code
9C5HXMCX+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52250940
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2966044
Wiki­data ID
Q1124843
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Boyle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بويل”
  • Basque: “Boyle”
  • Catalan: “Boyle”
  • Cebuano: “Boyle”
  • Chinese: “博伊爾”
  • Danish: “Boyle”
  • Dutch: “Boyle”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بويل”
  • French: “Boyle”
  • Georgian: “ბოილი”
  • German: “Boyle”
  • Greek: “Μπόιλ”
  • Hebrew: “בויל (אירלנד)”
  • Hungarian: “Boyle”
  • Irish: “Mainistir na Búille”
  • Italian: “Boyle”
  • Japanese: “ボイル”
  • Polish: “Boyle”
  • Russian: “Бойл”
  • Serbian: “Бојл”
  • Slovenian: “Boyle”
  • Spanish: “Boyle”
  • Swedish: “Boyle, Irland”
  • Swedish: “Boyle”
  • Urdu: “بوائل، کاؤنٹی روسکومن”
  • Welsh: “Boyle”
  • Western Frisian: “Boyle (plak)”
  • Western Frisian: “Boyle”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ballybaun Cross Roads and Tinarinnow Point.

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