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Discover Ballinafad in Ireland

Ballinafad in the region of Connaught is a place located in Ireland - some 98 mi or ( 158 km ) North-West of Dublin , the country's capital .

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Local time in Ballinafad is now 02:10 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Dublin " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Derry, Enniskillen, Belfast, Ummeryroe, and Sligo. When in this area, you might want to check out Derry . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Ballinafad ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Keash Caves, Carrowkeel, Full Moon

1:53 min by celticways
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A collage of clips from roaming around Keash Caves of Morrigan, Bhride and Cormac mac Airt were born here. Then a few shots of Cairn G of the Carrowkeel Cairns and then a bit of full moon. Music is a ..

Boyle Abbey-Co.Roscommon-Ireland

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Boyle Abbey was the first successful foundation in Connacht of the Cistercian order which had opened its first Irish house at Mellifont, County Louth, in 1142. ..


Video guide of beautiful Boyle Roscommon Ireland

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www.selfcateringhomes.ie for a video guide of beautiful Boyle Roscommon. When visiting you should enjoy yourself by staying in a Self Catering Boyle. Available to book direct with the owner for best v ..

Beautiful Boyle Roscommon Ireland video guide

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www.selfcateringhomes.ie for a video guide of beautiful Boyle Roscommon. When visiting you should enjoy yourself by staying in holiday homes Boyle. Available to book direct with the owner for best val ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Curlew Mountains

Viewed to the west travelling north, dominates the surrounding lakes of the north Roscommon and Leitrim countryside. Situated between Boyle, and Castlebaldwin, the Curlew Mountains oversees the north Connacht countryside. The Battle of Curlew Pass, in which Irish forces defeated an English army, was fought here on the 15th of August 1599.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 54.02 -8.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Mountains and hills of County Roscommon, Mountains and hills of County Sligo

Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery

Carrowkeel is a Neolithic passage tomb cemetery in the south of County Sligo, near Boyle, County Roscommon. An Cheathrú Chaol in Irish means 'the Narrow Quarter'. Circumstantial Carbon 14 dating places the tombs at between 5400 and 5100 years old, so that they predate the Pyramids on Egypt's Giza plateau by 500-800 years. Carrowkeel is one of the big four passage tomb cemeteries in Ireland.

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Located at 54.05 -8.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: 4th-millennium BC architecture, Archaeological sites in County Sligo, National Monuments in County Sligo

Ballynary

Ballynary (Irish: Baile an Fharraigh, meaning "townland of the fodder") is the name of a townland on the eastern shore of Lough Arrow in the southern corner of County Sligo in Ireland. Ballynary was the ancestral seat of the O'Higgins family (or Ó hUigínn in Gaelic) for 700 years, until they were forced off their lands in 1654 by Oliver Cromwell.

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Located at 54.08 -8.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Townlands of County Sligo

Ballindoon Friary

Ballindoon (Irish: Baile an Dúin) Friary was a Dominican monastery beside Lough Arrow in County Sligo, Ireland. It was dedicated to St. Mary and founded in 1507 by Thomas O'Farrell. It was dissolved c. 1585 and is now in ruins.

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Located at 54.08 -8.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: 1507 establishments in Ireland, 1580s disestablishments in Ireland, Buildings and structures in County Sligo, Christian monasteries established in the 16th century, Dominican monasteries in the Republic of Ireland, Religion in County Sligo, Religious organizations established in the 1500s, Ruins in the Republic of Ireland

Boyle Abbey

Boyle Abbey (Irish: Mainistir na Búille) was the first successful foundation in Connacht of the Cistercian order which had opened its first Irish house at Mellifont, County Louth, in 1142.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 53.97 -8.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in County Roscommon, Cistercian monasteries in the Republic of Ireland, National Monuments in County Roscommon, Religion in County Roscommon, Religious museums in Ireland, Ruins in the Republic of Ireland