Illaunloughan is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. The site is located on a tiny island of 0.3 acres in Portmagee Channel, a channel separating Valentia Island from the Iveragh Peninsula. Illaunloughan is situated 3 km south of Shrone Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chapeltown and Portmagee.

Chapeltown

Village

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Chapeltown is a village on Valentia Island in the south-west of County Kerry. It is the second major settlement on the Island, the other being Knightstown 4 kilometers away. Chapeltown is situated 3½ km east of Shrone Point.

Portmagee

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Portmagee is a fishing village on the Iveragh Peninsula of County Kerry, with a population in 2016 of 123. In Irish it's An Caladh, "the ferry", because it was the port for Valentia Island, but a bridge now spans the channel.

Knightstown

Village

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Knightstown, alternatively called Knight's Town, is a village and the largest settlement on Valentia Island, County Kerry, in Ireland. It lies within the townland of Farranreagh, at the eastern tip of the island. Knightstown is situated 7 km east of Shrone Point.

Shrone Point

Type: Locality
Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.91476° or 51° 54′ 53″ north

Longitude

-10.38509° or 10° 23′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C3FWJ77+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5344891835

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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