Bangor Abbey
Bangor Abbey was established by Saint Comgall in 558 in Bangor, County Down, Ireland and was famous for its learning and austere rule. It is not to be confused with the slightly older abbey in Wales on the site of Bangor Cathedral.Photo: Andrew Muir, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: abbey in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland
- Address: Newtownards Road, Bangor
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bangor Bus and Rail Centre and Clandeboye Park.
Bangor Bus and Rail Centre
Railway station
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bangor Bus and Rail Centre is a combined rail and bus interchange which serves the city of Bangor in County Down, Northern Ireland. The station in its current form was built in the year 2000 to celebrate the new millennium. Bangor Bus and Rail Centre is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Bangor Abbey.
Clandeboye Park
Stadium
Clandeboye Park is a football stadium in Bangor, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of NIFL Premiership side Bangor FC and is intended to be the temporary home of fellow NIFL Championship side and local rivals Ards FC. Clandeboye Park is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Bangor Abbey.
Bangor West railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bangor West railway station is located in the townland of Ballyvarnet in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Bangor West railway station is situated 4,100 feet west of Bangor Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bangor and Kilcooley estate.
Bangor
Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bangor is a town on the south shore of Belfast Lough, in County Down. It was a holiday resort from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century but is now chiefly a commuter town for Belfast. In 2021 it had a population of 64,000.
Kilcooley estate
Suburb
Kilcooley estate is a housing estate owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on the outskirts of Bangor, Northern Ireland. The residents of the area are predominantly Protestant, and the area has strong links with loyalism.
Newtownards
Photo: Guliolopez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newtownards is a town at the head of Strangford Lough, historically in County Down, with a population in 2021 of 29,600. The counties of Northern Ireland are no longer units of governance so since 2015 the town has been part of Ards and North Down "super-district".
Bangor Abbey
- Categories: abbey, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.65569° or 54° 39′ 21″ northLongitude
-5.67483° or 5° 40′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C6PM84G+73OpenStreetMap ID
way 690027752OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q591192
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Uzbek—“Bangor Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bangor Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Bangor”
- French: “Abbaye de Bangor”
- German: “Bangor Abbey”
- Irish: “Mainistir Bheannchair”
- Italian: “abbazia di Bangor”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Bangor”
- Polish: “Bangor”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Bangor”
- Spanish: “abadia de Bangor”
- Spanish: “abadía de Bangor”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Bangor”
- Uzbek: “Bangor Abbatligi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bangor Abbey Parish Centre and Abbey Studios.
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