Illaunloughan
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jose Antonio Gutierrez D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: early medieval ecclesiastic site
- Also known as: “Illaunloughan Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tobairin Holy Well and Bray Tower.
Tobairin Holy Well
Spring
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tobairin Holy Well is a spring, which is situated 3 km south of Illaunloughan.
Bray Tower
Ruins
Bray Tower is a signal tower located on Valentia Island in County Kerry, Ireland. The tower was built in 1805 by the British Board of Ordnance during the Napoleonic Wars. Bray Tower is situated 3½ km west of Illaunloughan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmagee and Chapeltown.
Portmagee
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Chapeltown
Village
Photo: Elkringo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 northeast of Illaunloughan.
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 northeast of Illaunloughan.
Illaunloughan
- Categories: human settlement, monastery ruins, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.88656° or 51° 53′ 12″ northLongitude
-10.3735° or 10° 22′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C3FVJPG+JJOpenStreetMap ID
way 1144963019OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1658732
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Illaunloughan” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Illaunloughan Island Monastery”
- French: “Illaunloughan”
- German: “Illaunloughan Island Monastery”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Illaunloughlan and Skellig Experience Centre.
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Explore places such as Saint Brendan’s National School and Portmagee Heights.
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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 “Illaunloughan”. Photo: Jose Antonio Gutierrez D., CC BY-SA 4.0.