Corcomroe Abbey
Corcomroe Abbey is an early 13th-century Cistercian monastery located in the north of the Burren region of County Clare, Ireland, a few miles east of the village of Ballyvaughan in the Barony of Burren.Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Patrick’s Church and Muckinish Castle.
St Patrick’s Church
Church
Photo: A McCarron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Patrick’s Church is situated 1½ km northwest of Corcomroe Abbey.
Muckinish Castle
Ruins
Photo: Garry Dickinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muckinish Castle is a ruins, which is situated 2 km west of Corcomroe Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aughinish and Ballyvaughan.
Aughinish
Locality
Photo: Drow69, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aughinish, also Aughnish, is a small island and townland in Oughtmama Parish of the Barony of Burren in north County Clare, Ireland. It is on the south shore of Galway Bay, 11 km northwest of Kinvarra. Aughinish is situated 4½ km north of Corcomroe Abbey.
Ballyvaughan
Photo: Cqui, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ballyvaughan is a village in County Clare, overlooking Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. With a population of 360 in 2022, it's a tiny straggling place but a good base for exploring the Burren region. Discover Ballyvaughan is the village website.
Kinvarra
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinvara or Kinvarra is a sea port village in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of Kinvarradoorus in the north of the barony of Kiltartan. Kinvarra is also an electoral division. Kinvarra is situated 8 km east of Corcomroe Abbey.
Corcomroe Abbey
- Type: Ruins
- Description: abbey ruin in Co. Clare
- Categories: abbey, building, and historic site
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.1268° or 53° 7′ 37″ northLongitude
-9.05405° or 9° 3′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C5G4WGW+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 562998137OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=abbeyWikidata ID
Q818879
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Corcomroe Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Corcomroe Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Corcomroe”
- French: “Abbaye de Corcomroe”
- German: “Corcomroe Abbey”
- Irish: “Mainistir Chorca Mrua”
- Irish: “Mainistir Chorco Modhruadh”
- Spanish: “Abadia de corcomroe”
- Spanish: “abadía de Corcomroe”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Corcomroe”
- Spanish: “Corcomroe Abbey”
- Spanish: “Corcomroe”
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