Friars House
Friars House is a ruins in County Galway, Connacht. Friars House is situated nearby to the ruins Batteries, as well as near Killeen’s Island.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eyrecourt Castle and Cloghan Castle.
Eyrecourt Castle
Castle
Eyrecourt Castle was an Irish 17th century country house in Galway which became a ruin in the 20th century. The house, the surrounding estate, and the nearby small town of Eyrecourt all took their name from Colonel the Right Hon. Eyrecourt Castle is situated 4 km northwest of Friars House.
Cloghan Castle
Castle
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Cloghan Castle is situated 3½ km southeast of Friars House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eyrecourt and Banagher.
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 4½ km northwest of Friars House.
Banagher
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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.
Rathcabbin
Locality
Rathcabbin, often Rathcabban, is a village and electoral district in the northernmost part of County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located off the R489 regional road between Portumna, County Galway and Birr, County Offaly. Rathcabbin is situated 7 km southeast of Friars House.
Friars House
- Type: Ruins
- Category: building
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.17378° or 53° 10′ 26″ northLongitude
-8.08557° or 8° 5′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C5H5WF7+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1494771012OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruins
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