St Manchin’s Church

St Manchin’s Church is a church in County Offaly, Leinster. St Manchin’s Church is situated near Saint Manchan’s Shrine, as well as near Boher Cemetery.

Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: church in Boher, County Offaly, Ireland
Also known as: “Saint Manchin’s Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Saint Manchan’s Shrine and Saint Manchan’s Well.

Saint Manchan’s Shrine

Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.

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 Well

Spring

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

Saint Manchan’s Well is a spring, which is situated 3½ km south of St Manchin’s Church.

Saint Mella’s Cell

Ruins

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

Saint Mella’s Cell is a ruins, which is situated 3½ km south of St Manchin’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballycumber and Pullough.

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 3 km east of St Manchin’s Church.

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 5 km south of St Manchin’s Church.

Doon

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Doon is a small village in the north-west corner of County Offaly, Ireland. The Doon landscape is dominated by the ruins of the castle of Esker, which stands on a sandy ridge north of Doon crossroads. Doon is situated 6 km west of St Manchin’s Church.

St Manchin’s Church

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.32474° or 53° 19′ 29″ north

Longitude

-7.72827° or 7° 43′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C5J87FC+VM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 269741667

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata ID

Q55047742

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Boher Cemetery and Toberneeva.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Boher National School and Lodge.

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