Abbey
Abbey is a village in County Galway, Connacht. Abbey is situated near the locality Rossaghanna, as well as near Knockavannagh.Places of Interest
Highlights: Kinalehin Friary and Pallas Castle.
Kinalehin Friary
Ruins
Kinalehin Friary, originally a medieval charterhouse or Carthusian monastery and later a Franciscan friary, is a National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Kinalehin Charterhouse was Ireland's only Carthusian monastery.
Pallas Castle
Castle
Pallas Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. According to visitgalway.ie, it is "one of the best-preserved examples of a tower house in Ireland", surrounded as it is by a bawn wall with four corner towers and a gatehouse. Pallas Castle is situated 3½ km northeast of Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tynagh and Killimor.
Tynagh
Village
Tynagh is a village and electoral division in south-east County Galway in Ireland. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Tynagh is situated 5 km north of Abbey.
Killimor
Village
Killimor is a village in east County Galway, Ireland. It is on the N65 road around 9 km north-west of Portumna. The village contains a number of facilities including a Heritage Centre, Roman Catholic church, a post office, a national school, a public library… Killimor is situated 10 km northeast of Abbey.
Abbey
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.10218° or 53° 6′ 8″ north
Longitude
-8.39231° or 8° 23′ 32″ west
Open location code
9C5H4J25+V3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
“Abbey” goes by many names.
- Irish: “An Mhainistir”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Abbey and Rossaghanna.
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Highlights: Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and Lady’s Well.
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