Old Monastery Hostel
Old Monastery Hostel is a hostel in County Galway, Connacht. Old Monastery Hostel is situated nearby to St. Joseph’s Church, Letterfrack, as well as near Saint Joseph’s Cemetery.Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Joseph’s Church, Letterfrack and Diamond Hill.
Diamond Hill
Peak
Photo: Patrice78500, Public domain.
Diamond Hill or Bengooria is an isolated peak overlooking the village of Letterfrack, in the northwest corner of the Twelve Bens in Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland.
Kylemore Abbey
Museum
Photo: Textman, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine Monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The Abbey was founded for Benedictine nuns who fled Belgium in World War 1. Kylemore Abbey is situated 4 km east of Old Monastery Hostel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Letterfrack and Tully Cross.
Letterfrack
Photo: Chalky Lives, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Letterfrack is a village on the coast of Connemara in County Galway, with a population of about 200. In Irish Leitir means a rock-strewn hillside and fraic means speckled, referring to the bright quartzite rocks.
Tully Cross
Village
Photo: Lindy Buckley, CC BY 2.0.
Tully Cross is a small village located on the Renvyle Peninsula in north-west Connemara, in County Galway, Ireland. It is actually situated in the townland of Gorteenclough. The village lies close to the sea and is on the Wild Atlantic Way coastal route. Tully Cross is situated 4 km north of Old Monastery Hostel.
Clifden
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, Public domain.
Clifden is a small town on the northwest coast of County Galway in the west of Ireland. It grew up as a harbour and market town, then after the Famine became a coast resort with its present Victorian architecture.
Old Monastery Hostel
- Type: Hostel
- Description: former meeting house and monastery of the Christian Brothers, now used as a hostel in Letterfrack, County Galway, Ireland
- Categories: monastery, meeting house, building, tourism, commercial building, and accommodation
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.55199° or 53° 33′ 7″ northLongitude
-9.94599° or 9° 56′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C5GH323+QJOpenStreetMap ID
way 243773683OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hostelWikidata ID
Q60461787
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