Ballybought House

Ballybought House is a ruins in County Westmeath, Leinster. Ballybought House is situated nearby to the peak Durrow Hill, as well as near the archaeological site Shonecourt or Meeneglish.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durrow Abbey and St Columba’s Church.

Durrow Abbey

Archaeological site

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Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland. It is 5 kilometres north of the centre of Tullamore. Largely undisturbed, the site is an early medieval monastic complex of ecclesiastical and secular monuments, visible and sub-surface. Durrow Abbey is situated 2 km southwest of Ballybought House.

St Columba’s Church

Church

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St Columba’s Church is situated 1¼ km southwest of Ballybought House.

Durrow high cross

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Durrow high cross is situated 2 km southwest of Ballybought House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Durrow and Kilbeggan.

Durrow

Village

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Durrow is a small rural village and townland in County Offaly, Ireland. Durrow is located on the N52 off the N6 road between Kilbeggan and Tullamore. Durrow Abbey, surrounded by woods, is one of Ireland's most important early Christian monasteries founded by Saint Colmcille.

Kilbeggan

Town

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Kilbeggan is a town in County Westmeath, Ireland. Kilbeggan is situated 3 km north of Ballybought House.

Tullamore

Photo: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tullamore is the county town of County Offaly, and more or less in the centre of Ireland. It's traversed by the Grand Canal, which is navigable by leisure boats from Dublin to the Shannon and beyond. The town is best known for Tullamore Dew whiskey.

Ballybought House

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: County Westmeath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.33975° or 53° 20′ 23″ north

Longitude

-7.49836° or 7° 29′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C5J8GQ2+VM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 926857483

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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