St Mary’s Abbey, Howth

St Mary’s Abbey, Howth is a ruins in Fingal, Leinster. St Mary’s Abbey, Howth is situated nearby to Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio, as well as near the fitness club The Gym Howth.

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Type: Ruins
Description: church ruin in County Dublin, Ireland
Also known as: “Howth Abbey”, “Howth Church”, and “St Mary’s Abbey”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio and The Old Courthouse.

Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio

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Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio is a museum of communication history based in the Martello tower in Howth, Dublin. Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio is situated 150 metres east of St Mary’s Abbey, Howth.

The Old Courthouse

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The Old Courthouse in Howth is a former place of worship that was subsequently used as a courthouse. It was built around 1845 and initially served as a place of worship for fishermen, before being used as a rent collection office by agents of Lord Howth. The Old Courthouse is situated 310 metres west of St Mary’s Abbey, Howth.

Church of the Assumption

Church

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The Church of the Assumption, Howth is a Roman Catholic church in Howth, in Fingal in the traditional County Dublin. The church is situated at the junction of Thormanby Road and Main Street, Howth, with St. Church of the Assumption is situated 310 metres south of St Mary’s Abbey, Howth.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Howth and Sutton.

Howth

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Howth is a small seaside town historically in County Dublin, 14 km northeast of Dublin city centre. It's on a "tombola" peninsula - once an island, it became connected to the mainland by a sandy isthmus, which is now the residential area of Sutton.

Sutton

Village

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Sutton is a residential suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It occupies the tombolo which links Howth Head to the mainland, some of the lower slopes of Howth Hill, and a little of the adjacent coasts. Sutton is situated 3 km west of St Mary’s Abbey, Howth.

Baldoyle

Suburb

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Baldoyle is a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland, it was developed from a former fishing village. Baldoyle is also a civil parish in the barony of Coolock within the traditional County Dublin. Baldoyle is situated 4 km west of St Mary’s Abbey, Howth.

St Mary’s Abbey, Howth

Categories: church ruin, church, building, and historic site
Location: Fingal, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.38751° or 53° 23′ 15″ north

Longitude

-6.066° or 6° 3′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C5M9WQM+2J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 51919570

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=church

Wikidata ID

Q33123180

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