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Durrow Abbey

Astronomy in IrelandBuildings and structures in County OffalyChristian monasteries in the Republic of IrelandHoly wells in IrelandNational monuments in County Offaly
Religion in County OffalyRuins in the Republic of IrelandUse Hiberno-English from May 2020
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Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland. It is located off the N52 some 5 miles from Tullamore. Largely undisturbed, the site is an early medieval monastic complex of ecclesiastical and secular monuments, visible and sub-surface. The extant monuments at the site include a large ecclesiastical enclosure, five Early Christian grave slabs, a fine mid-ninth century high cross, a fragment of a cross shaft, a complete cross-head (housed in the National Museum of Ireland) and cross base, a holy well and other extensive archaeological features. Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath built a motte for the Abbey in 1180, and he was killed at the Abbey in 1186 by an Irishman.

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N 53.325952 ° E -7.51967 °
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R35 X865 (Durrow ED)
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