St John the Baptist’s Church
St John the Baptist’s Church is a church in County Clare, Munster. St John the Baptist’s Church is situated nearby to Ballyvaughan Post Office, as well as near the hotel The Wild Atlantic Lodge.Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: church in Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland
- Also known as: “Saint John the Baptist”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Newtown Castle and Aillwee Cave.
Newtown Castle
Castle
Newtown Castle is a 16th-century tower house, located close to the village of Ballyvaughan within the Burren area of County Clare, Ireland. Uniquely for a tower house of its type in Ireland, it is cylindrical in shape above a square pyramidal base. Newtown Castle is situated 1½ km southwest of St John the Baptist’s Church.
Aillwee Cave
Cave
Photo: MarvinVells, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aillwee Cave is a cave system in the karst landscape of the Burren in County Clare, Ireland. The name Aillwee is derived from the Irish Aill Bhuí which means "yellow cliff". Aillwee Cave is situated 3 km south of St John the Baptist’s Church.
Burren College of Art
University
Burren College of Art is a nonprofit independent art college specialising in undergraduate and graduate Fine Art education in Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland. Burren College of Art is situated 1½ km southwest of St John the Baptist’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyvaughan and Burren.
Ballyvaughan
Photo: Cqui, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ballyvaughan is a village in County Clare, overlooking Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. With a population of 360 in 2022, it's a tiny straggling place but a good base for exploring the Burren region. Discover Ballyvaughan is the village website.
Burren
Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Burren is a large area of northern County Clare, in the west of Ireland, with karst landscape - a great bare limestone sheet sculpted by water action.
Aughinish
Locality
Photo: Drow69, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aughinish, also Aughnish, is a small island and townland in Oughtmama Parish of the Barony of Burren in north County Clare, Ireland. It is on the south shore of Galway Bay, 11 km northwest of Kinvarra. Aughinish is situated 8 km northeast of St John the Baptist’s Church.
St John the Baptist’s Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.11382° or 53° 6′ 50″ northLongitude
-9.15135° or 9° 9′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C5G4R7X+GFOpenStreetMap ID
way 97953989OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata ID
Q55027803
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In Other Languages
“St John the Baptist’s Church” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ballyvaughan Church”
- Dutch: “St John the Baptist’s Church”
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Notable Places Nearby
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