Oratory
Oratory is a church in County Galway, Connacht. Oratory is situated nearby to the ruins Clonfert House, as well as near the church Emmanuel House of Providence.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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. Clonfert Cathedral is situated 210 metres south of Oratory.
West Offaly Power Station
Power station
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
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 3½ km north of Oratory.
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
Photo: DaHuzyBru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 4 km north of Oratory.
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 Oratory.
Oratory
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.24248° or 53° 14′ 33″ northLongitude
-8.05739° or 8° 3′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C5H6WRV+X2OpenStreetMap ID
way 189596002OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
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