Site of St. Ailbe’s Monastery

Site of St. Ailbe’s Monastery is a memorial in County Kildare, Leinster. Site of St. Ailbe’s Monastery is situated nearby to the community center The Abbey Community Centre, as well as near the village green Clane Stream Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Clane Friary and King Mesgegra’s Mound.

Clane Friary

Ruins

Photo: Sheila1988, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Clane Friary, also called Clane Abbey, is a former friary of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual located in Clane, Ireland. Clane Friary is situated 230 metres southeast of Site of St. Ailbe’s Monastery.

King Mesgegra’s Mound

Forest

King Mesgegra's Mound is a motte and ancient Irish royal site located in Clane, County Kildare, Ireland.

Alexandra Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Andrewmc, CC BY 4.0.

Alexandra Bridge is situated 500 metres southeast of Site of St. Ailbe’s Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clane and Landenstown Bridge and Lock.

Clane

Town

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Clane is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. With a population of 8,152 in 2022, it is the ninth-largest town in Kildare and the 66th-largest in Ireland.

Landenstown Bridge and Lock

Locality

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Landenstown Bridge and Lock is a locality, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Site of St. Ailbe’s Monastery.

Prosperous

Town

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Prosperous is a town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is within the townland of Curryhills, at the junction of the R403 and R408 regional roads, about 40 km from Dublin. Prosperous is situated 4½ km west of Site of St. Ailbe’s Monastery.

Site of St. Ailbe’s Monastery

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “An early Christian monastery was founded here by St. Ailbe in the 6th Century. Until 1883 it served as the Church of Ireland church reopening in 1983 as the Abbey Community Centre”
Category: historic site
Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.29052° or 53° 17′ 26″ north

Longitude

-6.68565° or 6° 41′ 8″ west

Operator

Clane Community Council

Open location code

9C5M78R7+6P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3338645984

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Highlights include The Abbey Community Centre and Clane Stream Park.

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