Durrow Abbey
Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland. It is located off the N52 some 5 miles from Tullamore. Largely undisturbed, the site is an early medieval monastic complex of ecclesiastical and secular monuments, visible and sub-surface.Photo: Dalenevada, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Columba’s Church.
St Columba’s Church
Church
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Columba’s Church is situated 1 km northeast of Durrow Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Durrow and Kilbeggan.
Durrow
Village
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Durrow is a small rural village and townland in County Offaly, Ireland. Durrow is located on the N52 off the N6 road between Kilbeggan and Tullamore. Durrow Abbey, surrounded by woods, is one of Ireland's most important early Christian monasteries founded by Saint Colmcille.
Kilbeggan
Town
Photo: Adlo1981, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kilbeggan is a town in County Westmeath, Ireland. Kilbeggan is situated 4½ km north of Durrow Abbey.
Tullamore
Photo: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tullamore is the county town of County Offaly, and more or less in the centre of Ireland. It's traversed by the Grand Canal, which is navigable by leisure boats from Dublin to the Shannon and beyond.
Durrow Abbey
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: historic site in Durrow, County Offaly, Ireland
- Categories: abbey, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.32656° or 53° 19′ 36″ northLongitude
-7.52187° or 7° 31′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C5J8FGH+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 263839169OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1809870
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Durrow Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Durrow Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Durrow”
- French: “Abbaye de Durrow”
- Irish: “Mainistir Darú”
- Japanese: “ダロウ修道院”
- Polish: “Opactwo w Durrow”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Walled Garden and Old Houses from c. 1960.
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