Lough Cullaunyheeda, Craggaunowen

Name: Lough Cullaunyheeda
Address: Craggaunowen, Ireland

#3 among attractions in Craggaunowen

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Lough Cullaunyheeda is a freshwater lake in the Mid-West Region of Ireland. It is located in east County Clare. ()

Length: 6234 ftWidth: 4921 ftElevation: 82 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°49'17"N, 8°45'56"W

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Craggaunowen Ireland

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Lough Cullaunyheeda – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castle, Quin Abbey, Knappogue Castle, Mooghaun.

1.4 miSW
History museum, Museum, Forts and castles
Castle, Craggaunowen
36 min walk • Craggaunowen is a 16th-century castle and an archaeological open-air museum in County Clare, Ireland. Craggaunowen is located 10 km east of Quin, County Clare. The name Craggaunowen derives from its Irish name Creagán Eoghain. The site is operated by Shannon Heritage.
4.1 miW
Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Monastery
Quin Abbey, Quin
104 min walk • Quin Abbey, in Quin, County Clare, Ireland, was built between 1402 and 1433 by Sioda Cam MacNamara, for Fathers Purcell and Mooney, friars of the Franciscan order. Although mostly roofless, the structure of the abbey is relatively well preserved.
3.3 miSW
Forts and castles, Historical place, History museum
Knappogue Castle, Craggaunowen
86 min walk • Knappogue Castle is a tower house, built in 1467 and expanded in the mid-19th century, located in the parish of Quin, County Clare, Ireland. It has been restored and is open to guided tours.
5.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Mooghaun
140 min walk • Mooghaun is a late Bronze Age hill fort located in County Clare, Ireland. It is a well preserved, recently excavated site, occupying an entire hill with wide views of the surrounding lands. Believed to be the largest hill fort in Ireland, it is one of the region's main tourist attractions.
6.8 miSW
52°45'32"N • 8°53'34"W
O'Regan Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus
175 min walk • Park
1.4 miSW
Museum
The Ringfort, Craggaunowen
36 min walk • Craggaunowen is a 16th-century castle and an archaeological open-air museum in County Clare, Ireland. Craggaunowen is located 10 km east of Quin, County Clare. The name Craggaunowen derives from its Irish name Creagán Eoghain. The site is operated by Shannon Heritage.
3.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Ballymarkahan Castle, Craggaunowen
82 min walk • Ballymarkahan Castle is a ruined tower house in the parish of Quin, in County Clare, Ireland. It was listed by Irish antiquarian T. J. Westropp as one of the 195 "lesser castles", or peel towers, of County Clare in 1899, by which time it was already a ruin.
6 miSW
Forts and castles
Ballycar Castle
154 min walk • Ballycar Castle stood in the parish of Newmarket-on-Fergus, near the road between Limerick and Galway, 3 miles from Sixmilebridge, 9 miles from Limerick, and 7 miles from Ennis it was said to have been built before 1570 and was a ruin before 1681 when it was sketched by Thomas Dineley.
3.9 miW
Archaeological site
Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb, Craggaunowen
99 min walk • Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Clare, Ireland.
5.3 miS
Sport, Sport venue
O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
136 min walk • O'Garney Park is a GAA stadium in Sixmilebridge, County Clare, Ireland. It is the home of Sixmilebridge GAA club and is one of the main grounds of Clare GAA's Gaelic football and hurling teams.