Mollaneen High Cross

Mollaneen High Cross is a cross in County Clare, Munster. Mollaneen High Cross is situated nearby to the ruins Dysert O’Dea Monastery, as well as near O’Dea Castle.

Type: Cross
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: high cross associated with Dysert O’Dea monastery
Also known as: “Dysert O’Dea High Cross”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dysert O’Dea Monastery and O’Dea Castle.

Dysert O’Dea Monastery

Ruins

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

Dysert O'Dea Church near Corofin in County Clare, Ireland stands on the site of an early Christian monastery which is thought to have been founded by St. Dysert O’Dea Monastery is situated 130 metres west of Mollaneen High Cross.

O’Dea Castle

Castle

Photo: Odea, Public domain.

O'Dea Castle, also known as Dysert O'Dea Castle, is an Irish fortified tower house, loosely described as a castle at Dysert O'Dea, the former O'Dea clan stronghold, 5 kilometres from Corofin, County Clare. O’Dea Castle is situated 210 metres north of Mollaneen High Cross.

Lough Atedaun

Lake

Photo: Adrian King, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lough Atedaun is a freshwater lake in the Mid-West Region of Ireland. It is located in The Burren of County Clare. Lough Atedaun is situated 4 km north of Mollaneen High Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corrofin and Ruan.

Corrofin

Village

Photo: Cqui, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Corofin is a town on the River Fergus in northern County Clare, Ireland and also a parish of the same name in the Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. The 2022 population was 793, up from 776 in 2016, and 689 in 2011. Corrofin is situated 4 km north of Mollaneen High Cross.

Ruan

Village

Photo: Drow69, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ruan is a village and civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is in the Catholic parish of Dysart and Ruan. Ruan is situated 6 km northeast of Mollaneen High Cross.

Killinaboy

Village

Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kilnaboy or Killinaboy is a village, townland and civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the Burren, and as of the 2011 census the area had 347 inhabitants. Killinaboy is situated 7 km north of Mollaneen High Cross.

Mollaneen High Cross

Categories: high cross and historic site
Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.90951° or 52° 54′ 34″ north

Longitude

-9.06658° or 9° 3′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C4GWW5M+R9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4321997254

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=high_cross

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=cross

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata ID

Q116689286

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