Killaspugbrone Church
Killaspugbrone Church is a ruins in County Sligo, Connacht. Killaspugbrone Church is situated nearby to the airport terminal Sligo Regional Airport, as well as near the islet Maguins Island.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Killaspugbrone and Coney Island.
Killaspugbrone
Cemetery
Killaspugbrone is an early Christian church on the coast west of Sligo town and near the modern resort of Strandhill. Known as Caiseal Irrae in the earliest references.
Coney Island
Island
Coney Island or Inishmulclohy is an island in Sligo Bay, Ireland. It lies across the mouth of Sligo Harbour, between Rosses Point and the Coolera Peninsula, and can be reached from the latter via a tidal causeway.
Knocknarea
Peak
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Knocknarea is a large prominent hill west of Sligo town in County Sligo, Ireland, with a height of 327 metres. Knocknarea is visually striking as it has steep limestone cliffs and stands on the Coolera Peninsula overlooking the Atlantic coast. Knocknarea is situated 3 km southeast of Killaspugbrone Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strandhill and Rosses Point.
Strandhill
Photo: T0mt0m42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strandhill is a village in County Sligo, 9 km west of Sligo town on the south shore of the bay, with a population in 2022 of 2000. Its name is apt: a great expanse of strand before it and a steep hill behind, the scarp of Knocknarea.
Rosses Point
Photo: Gerry Gallagher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosses Point is a village in County Sligo with a population of 900 in 2022. It's a fishing village at the outflow of Sligo Bay, and "Ross" means the peninsula between that and Drumcliffe Bay further north.
Knocknahur
Locality
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knocknahur, also known as Ransboro, is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes examples of ringforts, souterrains and enclosures in the neighbouring townlands of Knocknahur North and Knocknahur South. Knocknahur is situated 6 km southeast of Killaspugbrone Church.
Killaspugbrone Church
- Type: Ruins
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.28284° or 54° 16′ 58″ northLongitude
-8.60239° or 8° 36′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C6H79MX+42OpenStreetMap ID
way 212050019OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sligo Regional Airport and Maguins Island.
Nearby Places
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