Laraghbryan

Laraghbryan is the site of an old monastic settlement, cemetery and ruined church, 1 kilometre west of Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It is in a civil parish of the same name.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maynooth Castle and Maynooth railway station.

Maynooth Castle

Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maynooth Castle is a ruined castle in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University. Constructed in the early 13th century, it became the primary residence of the Kildare Fitzmaurice and Fitzgerald family. Maynooth Castle is situated 1¼ km east of Laraghbryan.

Maynooth railway station

Railway station

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Maynooth railway station serves the town of Maynooth in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is a key exchange station on the Dublin to Maynooth commuter services, Dublin to Mullingar/Longford long-distance commuter service and Dublin to Sligo InterCity service. Maynooth railway station is situated 1½ km east of Laraghbryan.

National Science Museum at Maynooth

Museum

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The National Science and Ecclesiology Museum at Maynooth is a science museum and museum of ecclesiology, located on the joint campus of St Patrick's College, Maynooth and Maynooth University, Ireland. National Science Museum at Maynooth is situated 1 km east of Laraghbryan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maynooth and Celbridge.

Maynooth

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Maynooth is a town in County Kildare, 30 km west of Dublin. Maigh Nuad means the plain of Nuadha, the mythical king who lost his arm in battle, was fitted with a silver one, then grew back his own.

Celbridge

Town

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Celbridge is a town and townland on the River Liffey in County Kildare, Ireland. It is 23 km west of Dublin. Both a local centre and a commuter town within the Greater Dublin Area, it is located at the intersection of the R403 and R405 regional roads. Celbridge is situated 7 km southeast of Laraghbryan.

Straffan

Village

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Straffan is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of 1,158, an over three-fold increase since the 2002 census. Straffan is situated 8 km south of Laraghbryan.

Laraghbryan

Type: Cemetery
Description: Old monastic settlement and graveyard in County Kildare, Ireland
Category: burial
Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.3819° or 53° 22′ 55″ north

Longitude

-6.61231° or 6° 36′ 44″ west

Open location code

9C5M99JQ+Q3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 30345532

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=grave_yard

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

Wikidata ID

Q6488625

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In Other Languages

“Laraghbryan” goes by many names.

Irish: “Láithreach Briúin”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Laraghbryan Church and Long Meadow.

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