St. Mary’s Church, Gowran
St. Mary’s Church, Gowran is a church in Kilkenny, Leinster. St. Mary’s Church, Gowran is situated nearby to the cemetery St. Mary’s Graveyard, as well as near St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Gowran.- Type: Church
- Description: 19th century Church of Ireland building in Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Also known as: “St. Mary’s Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Gowran and Bastionfort Well.
St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Gowran
Photo: Jcgowran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Mary’s Collegiate Church Gowran, also known as the Church of the Blessed Virgin of the Assumption, is a church in the centre of the town of Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Bastionfort Well
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bastionfort Well is a spring, which is situated 700 metres west of St. Mary’s Church, Gowran.
Gowran Park Racecourse
Athletics track
Gowran Park is a horse race course in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the Annely Estate near the village of Gowran. The first meeting was held in 1914. and the first ever racecourse commentary in Ireland took place here in 1952. Gowran Park Racecourse is situated 1½ km south of St. Mary’s Church, Gowran.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gowran and Goresbridge.
Gowran
Village
Photo: Millars, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gowran is a town on the eastern side of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The historic St. Mary's Collegiate Church is in the centre of Gowran, close to Gowran Castle.
Goresbridge
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Goresbridge is a small village located in the east of County Kilkenny, in the province of Leinster, Ireland. Goresbridge is named after a 1756 bridge, built by Colonel Ralph Gore, which provides a crossing of the River Barrow between County Kilkenny and County Carlow in the South-East region. Goresbridge is situated 5 km east of St. Mary’s Church, Gowran.
Paulstown
Village
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Paulstown is a small village in County Kilkenny in Ireland. Paulstown is located at the junction of the N9 and N10 National primary roads. It is 21 km south of Carlow and 19 km east of Kilkenny. Paulstown is situated 6 km northeast of St. Mary’s Church, Gowran.
St. Mary’s Church, Gowran
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.62891° or 52° 37′ 44″ northLongitude
-7.06471° or 7° 3′ 53″ westInception
1871Open location code
9C4JJWHP+H4OpenStreetMap ID
way 778065556OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata ID
Q123272354
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