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Altar

Altar is a church in , . Altar is situated nearby to , as well as near .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wexford Arts Centre and Church of the Immaculate Conception, Wexford.

Arts center
Photo: Moyarney, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, formerly known as Wexford Town Hall and before that Wexford Cornmarket, is a former municipal building in John's Gate Street, , , Ireland.

Church
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Theater building
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The , formerly the Wexford Opera House, is a theatre in , Ireland. It was officially opened on 5 September 2008 in a ceremony with the Taoiseach Brian Cowen, followed by a live broadcast of RTÉ's The Late Late Show from the . is situated 140 metres southeast of Altar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wexford and Barntown.

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is the county town of , on the southeast corner of . The bay that forms its harbour has for centuries drawn incomers, and it was at the centre of the rebellion of 1798. In 2022 it had a population of 21,500.

Village
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is a townland and village in , , located just outside the town of . As of the 2022 census, had a population of 505 people. is situated 5 km west of Altar.

Village
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is a small town in , , around 5 km north of . It is just north of , on the R741 road. is a rapidly expanding suburb of Wexford Town: its population has almost tripled in 20 years, increasing from 783 in 1996 to a population of 1,840 in 2016. is situated 5 km north of Altar.

Altar

Latitude
52.33886° or 52° 20′ 20″ north
Longitude
-6.46378° or 6° 27′ 50″ west
Open location code
9C4M8GQP+GF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9371082641
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
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