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”
Postal code: R95 CV0Y

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 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

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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

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Goresbridge is a small village in the east of County Kilkenny, Ireland. Goresbridge is named after a 1756 bridge, built by Colonel Ralph Gore, crossing the River Barrow between County Kilkenny and County Carlow. Goresbridge is situated 5 km east of St. Mary’s Church, Gowran.

Paulstown

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

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″ north

Longitude

-7.06471° or 7° 3′ 53″ west

Inception

1871

Wheelchair access

Operator

Office of Public Works

Open location code

9C4JJWHP+H4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 778065556

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

Wikidata ID

Q123272354

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