Straboe Church ruins

Straboe Church ruins is a ruins in County Laois, Leinster. Straboe Church ruins is situated near the peak Castle Hill, as well as near the forest Redhill Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise and Midlands Prison.

Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise

Hospital

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The Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise is a public hospital located in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. It is managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise is situated 4 km south of Straboe Church ruins.

Midlands Prison

Prison

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The Midlands Prison is a medium security prison in Portlaoise, County Laois. It receives prisoners who are aged 17 years and over. It has a bed capacity of 870 and its daily average number of inmates resident in 2009 was 512. Midlands Prison is situated 4 km south of Straboe Church ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Emo and Portlaoise.

Emo

Village

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Emo is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It is located near Portlaoise on the R422 regional road just off the M7 Dublin–Limerick motorway. Emo is situated 4½ km northeast of Straboe Church ruins.

Portlaoise

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Portlaoise or Port Laoise is the county town of County Laois, in the south midlands of Ireland. It's a large town that acts as a transport hub for the region and is within an hour's travel of Dublin.

Mountmellick

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Mountmellick is a town in County Laois, with a population of about 4900 in 2022. It's difficult to believe that this small place was once a large industrial town: English Quakers settled in the 17th century and founded breweries, a distillery, woollen mills, cotton, tanneries and glassworks.

Straboe Church ruins

Type: Ruins
Categories: church, building, and historic site
Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.07147° or 53° 4′ 17″ north

Longitude

-7.26222° or 7° 15′ 44″ west

Open location code

9C5J3PCQ+H4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 300372384

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=church

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Castle Hill and Redhill Wood.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lodge and Hawthorn Nurseries.

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