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Claregalway Friary

The Claregalway Friary is a ruined medieval Franciscan abbey in , , . The abbey site features an east-facing, cruciform church with a 24-metre bell tower.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: ruins of a monastery
  • Also known as: “Claregalway Abbey”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Claregalway and Cloonboo.

Village
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baile Chláir or Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe is a Gaeltacht village about 10 km north of city in , Ireland. was founded on the banks of the , hence the derivation of its name: Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe meaning "town on the Clare, in Galway".

Village
is a village in , Ireland. It is located on the N84 national secondary road from to . is situated 6 km northwest of Claregalway Friary.

Village
is a small village and census town in , Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of . was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 241 people. is situated 7 km northwest of Claregalway Friary.

Claregalway Friary

Latitude
53.34672° or 53° 20′ 48″ north
Longitude
-8.94467° or 8° 56′ 41″ west
Open location code
9C5H83W4+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1133804008
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1775142
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Irish—“Claregalway Friary” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Claregalway Castle and Core Fitness.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Claregalway Friary”. Photo: Cmount, CC BY-SA 3.0.