Inch Abbey
Inch Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery on the outskirts of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was founded by John de Courcy in the 12th-century. It was dissolved in 1541.Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inch Abbey railway station and Down Cathedral.
Inch Abbey railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wilson Adams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inch Abbey railway station is a station on the Downpatrick and County Down Railway, a heritage railway in Northern Ireland. It is the terminus of the railway's North Line and serves Inch Abbey, a ruined monastery and local tourist attraction of Downpatrick notable for its use as a filming location in the HBO show Game of Thrones. Inch Abbey railway station is situated 1,300 feet west of Inch Abbey.
Down Cathedral
Church
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Down Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of Ireland cathedral located in the town of Downpatrick in Northern Ireland. Down Cathedral is situated 3,600 feet southeast of Inch Abbey.
Down County Museum
Museum
Photo: Notafly, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Down County Museum is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Inch Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downpatrick and Struell Wells.
Downpatrick
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downpatrick is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland, now governed as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District. It's best known as the place where St Patrick supposedly returned to Ireland, and his burial place, and the area is dotted with prehistoric and early Christian sites.
Struell Wells
Locality
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Struell Wells are a set of four holy wells in the townland of Struell, 1.5 miles east of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. The wells date from before the time of Saint Patrick, and even today are used for people seeking cures. Struell Wells is situated 2½ miles east of Inch Abbey.
Saul
Hamlet
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Saul is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, within the civil parish of Saul and Ballee. The village lies to the east of Downpatrick and has strong links with Saint Patrick. Saul is situated 2½ miles east of Inch Abbey.
Inch Abbey
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Ruined monastery in County Down, Northern Ireland
- Categories: abbey, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.33624° or 54° 20′ 10″ northLongitude
-5.73018° or 5° 43′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C6P87P9+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 658185905OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q671263
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Inch Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Inch Abbey”
- French: “Abbaye d’Inch”
- French: “inch Abbey”
- German: “Inch Abbey”
- Irish: “Mainistir na hInse”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Inch Abbey and Downpatrick ASAI.
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