St. Columbkille’s Island

St. Columbkille’s Island is a forest in County Offaly, Leinster. St. Columbkille’s Island is situated nearby to the village Durrow, as well as near the locality Ballybought.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Durrow Abbey and Durrow high cross.

Durrow Abbey

Archaeological site

Photo: Dalenevada, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland. It is 5 kilometres north of the centre of Tullamore. Largely undisturbed, the site is an early medieval monastic complex of ecclesiastical and secular monuments, visible and sub-surface.

Durrow high cross

Photo: Dalenevada, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Columba’s Church

Church

Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tullamore and Clara.

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. The town is best known for Tullamore Dew whiskey.

Clara

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Clara is a town in County Offaly in the midlands of Ireland. It's on the main Dublin-Galway railway and has become a commuter town for the capital, with a population of 3400 in 2022. Its main sight, 2 km south, is the wetland of Clara Bog.