Burrishoole Friary, Newport

Name: Burrishoole Friary
Address: Newport, Ireland

#1 among attractions in Newport

Top attraction, Monastery

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Burrishoole Friary was a Dominican friary in County Mayo, Ireland. Its ruin is a National Monument. ()

Established: 1470 (555 years ago)Architectural style: GothicCoordinates: 53°53'56"N, 9°34'20"W

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Newport Ireland

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Day trips

Nearby attractions include: Rockfleet Castle, Seven Arches Bridge, Lough Furnace, Lough Feeagh.

2.2 miW
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Rockfleet Castle, Newport
57 min walk • Rockfleet Castle, or Carrickahowley Castle, is a tower house near Newport in County Mayo, Ireland. It was built in the mid-fifteenth century, and is most famously associated with Grace O'Malley, the 'pirate queen' and chieftain of the Clan O’Malley.
1.5 miSE
Bridge
Seven Arches Bridge, Newport
39 min walk • The Seven Arches Bridge is a historic bridge in Newport, County Mayo, Ireland. Built around 1892, the bridge is a seven span squared red sandstone structure with limestone detailing over the Black Oak River/Newport River.
1.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Furnace
28 min walk • Lough Furnace is a tidally-influenced, meromictic, saline lagoon in County Mayo, Ireland, located south of Lough Feeagh. It receives freshwater inflow from the upstream Lough Feeagh at the base of the Burrishoole Catchment and tidal input of saline water from Clew Bay, through the Burrishoole Estuary.
3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Feeagh
76 min walk • Lough Feeagh is a freshwater lake in County Mayo, Ireland. It is the largest of the lakes in the Burrishoole catchment, which consists of seven lakes and interconnecting rivers and streams.
6.2 miSW
Island
Inishlyre, Westport
158 min walk • Inishlyre is one of the last inhabited small islands in Clew Bay, Ireland, with a population of about 4 people in 2011.