Grave of Saint Brendan

Grave of Saint Brendan is a historic site in County Galway, Connacht. Grave of Saint Brendan is situated nearby to the church Clonfert Cathedral, as well as near the ruins Clonfert House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Clonfert Cathedral and West Offaly Power Station.

Clonfert Cathedral

Church

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

Clonfert Cathedral is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Clonfert, County Galway in Ireland. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Clonfert and then one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe, it is now one of five cathedrals in the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe.

West Offaly Power Station

Power station

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The West Offaly Power Station was a large peat-fired 135 MW power station in Shannonbridge from 2005 to 2020, in Ireland. The station was capable of generating up to 153 MWe of power, thus ranking as the largest peat-fired power station in the country. West Offaly Power Station is situated 4 km north of Grave of Saint Brendan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clonfert and Shannonbridge.

Clonfert

Locality

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Clonfert is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland, halfway between Ballinasloe and Portumna. The village gives its name to the Diocese of Clonfert. Clonfert Cathedral is one of the eight cathedral churches of the Church of Ireland, Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe.

Shannonbridge

Village

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Banagher is a town at the western edge of County Offaly on the banks of the River Shannon. In Irish it's Beannchar na Sionna, "the place of the pointed rocks on the Shannon" - the river is shallow so it can be forded and is less flood-prone, but it's a block to navigation. Shannonbridge is situated 4½ km north of Grave of Saint Brendan.

Eyrecourt

Village

Photo: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eyrecourt, historically known as Donanaghta, is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is on the R356 regional road 12 km west of the Banagher bridge over the River Shannon. Eyrecourt is situated 7 km southwest of Grave of Saint Brendan.

Grave of Saint Brendan

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.24067° or 53° 14′ 26″ north

Longitude

-8.05878° or 8° 3′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C5H6WRR+7F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6850864992

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=grave

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In Other Languages

“Grave of Saint Brendan” goes by many names.

Irish: “Uaire Bhreandáin”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Clonfert House and Oratory.

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