Saint Manchan’s Church

Saint Manchan’s Church is a ruins in County Offaly, Leinster. Saint Manchan’s Church is situated nearby to the ruins House of Manchan, as well as near the cemetery Lemanaghan Graveyard.

Type: Ruins
Description: church ruin in County Offaly, Ireland
Also known as: “Saint Managhan’s Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Manchan’s Well and Saint Mella’s Cell.

Saint Manchan’s Well

Spring

Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saint Manchan’s Well is a spring.

Saint Mella’s Cell

Ruins

Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saint Mella’s Cell is a ruins, which is situated 420 metres east of Saint Manchan’s Church.

Saint Manchan's Shrine is a large 12th-century Irish house-shaped shrine dedicated to Manchán of Lemanaghan, now in Boher Roman Catholic Church, outside Ballycumber, County Offaly. Saint Manchan’s Shrine is situated 3½ km north of Saint Manchan’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pullough and Ballycumber.

Pullough

Village

Photo: Mickadoo, Public domain.

Pollagh, also spelled Pullough, is a village in County Offaly, Ireland, located in the midlands of Ireland. It is a rural village on the Grand Canal and lies between Ferbane and Tullamore. Pullough is situated 3 km southeast of Saint Manchan’s Church.

Ballycumber

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Ballycumber is a village located where the R436 regional road crosses the River Brosna in County Offaly, Ireland. It is 5 km west of the town of Clara, on the western edge of Clara bog. Ballycumber is situated 5 km northeast of Saint Manchan’s Church.

Ferbane

Town

Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Banagher is a town at the western edge of County Offaly on the banks of the River Shannon. In Irish it's Beannchar na Sionna, "the place of the pointed rocks on the Shannon" - the river is shallow so it can be forded and is less flood-prone, but it's a block to navigation. Ferbane is situated 6 km southwest of Saint Manchan’s Church.

Saint Manchan’s Church

Categories: church ruin, church, building, and historic site
Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.29298° or 53° 17′ 35″ north

Longitude

-7.74361° or 7° 44′ 37″ west

Named after

Manchán of Mohill

Open location code

9C5J77V4+5H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 268454501

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=church

Wikidata ID

Q33097334

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include House of Manchan and Lemanaghan Graveyard.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Lemamaghan House and St. Mary’s National School.

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