Saint John’s Church

Saint John’s Church is a church in County Sligo, Connacht. Saint John’s Church is situated nearby to the fitness club Snap Fitness, as well as near the stadium St. Johns.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Markievicz Park and Tobernalt.

Markievicz Park

Stadium

Markievicz Park is the principal GAA stadium in County Sligo, Ireland, home to the Sligo Gaelic football and hurling teams. Built in 1955 in Sligo town, it is named after Constance Markievicz, one of the participants of the 1916 Easter Rising, the first woman elected to Dáil Éireann and the first female elected to the British parliament, although she refused to take up her seat there. Markievicz Park is situated 1½ km north of Saint John’s Church.

Tobernalt

Spring

Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tobernalt is a holy well in north County Sligo, Ireland near the southwest corner of Lough Gill. It is an ancient natural spring dating back to the 5th century as a pagan meeting place and later a Penal Law mass site. Tobernalt is situated 2 km east of Saint John’s Church.

Carrowmore

Archaeological site

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Carrowmore is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic. Carrowmore is situated 3 km west of Saint John’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sligo and Knocknahur.

Sligo

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Sligo is the principal town in County Sligo in Northwest Ireland & Lakelands. In 2022 it had a population of 21,000, with the service sector the main employer.

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 4 km west of Saint John’s Church.

Ballysadare

Village

Photo: Zxcode, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ballysadare, locally also Ballisodare, is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. It is about 7 km south of Sligo town. The town developed on an important crossing of the Owenmore River. Ballysadare is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Ballysadare is situated 4 km southwest of Saint John’s Church.

Saint John’s Church

Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.24261° or 54° 14′ 33″ north

Longitude

-8.47553° or 8° 28′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C6H6GVF+2Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 219508494

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

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