Temple Cronan

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Temple Cronan is a ruined medieval oratory or chapel built near a holy well in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland. The current building apparently dates from the 12th and 15th centuries, although it may partly incorporate earlier buildings or some of the masonry thereof. It may have been the site of an early Christian monastery. Temple Cronan is located in the civil parish of Carran, eight miles from Corofin and about sixteen miles from Ennis. ()

Built: XII centuryCoordinates: 53°2'47"N, 9°3'40"W

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Temple Cronan – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Aillwee Cave, Poulnabrone Dolmen, Burren National Park, Leamaneh Castle.

4.5 miNW
Natural attraction, Park, Cave
Aillwee Cave, Ballyvaughan
116 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the Burren in County Clare, Aillwee Cave is one of the oldest caves in Ireland and a premier tourist attraction in Ballyvaughan. Discovered in the 1940s, the cave's limestone formations offer a window into the subterranean world that dates back...
3.3 miW
Archaeological site, Historical place
Poulnabrone Dolmen
84 min walk • Poulnabrone Dolmen stands as a hauntingly evocative portal tomb in the stark limestone landscape of the Burren in County Clare, Ireland. This archaeological marvel, estimated to have been constructed around 3600 BCE during the Neolithic period, serves as a silent...
3.4 miSE
Park
Burren National Park, The Burren
87 min walk • Burren National Park is one of six national parks in Ireland, managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. It covers a small part of the Burren, a karst landscape in County Clare on the west coast.
5.2 miSW
Forts and castles, Architecture, Ruins
Leamaneh Castle
134 min walk • Leamaneh Castle is a ruined castle located in the townland of Leamaneh North, parish of Kilnaboy, between the villages of Corofin and Kilfenora at the border of the region known as the Burren in County Clare, Ireland.
3.6 miSE
Mountain
Slieve Rua, The Burren
92 min walk • Slieve Rua is a karst hill in The Burren in County Clare, Ireland. The eccentrically shaped hill is located near Mullaghmore within Burren National Park.
3.2 miW
Historical place, Archaeological site
Caherconnell Stone Fort, Kilfenora
82 min walk • Caherconnell is an exceptionally well-preserved medieval stone ringfort in region known as the Burren, County Clare, Ireland. It lies about 1 km south of the Poulnabrone dolmen.
3.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mullaghmore, The Burren
95 min walk • Mullaghmore is a 180m limestone hill in the Burren in Glenquin, Kilnaboy County Clare, Ireland. It is part of a hiking trail called the Mullaghmore Loop in the Burren National Park.
5.5 miW
Forts and castles
Gregans Castle, Ballyvaughan
141 min walk • Gregans Castle is the name applied to both a 15th-century tower house and a Georgian-style house in the Burren region of County Clare, Ireland, near the village of Ballyvaughan. The latter dates from 1750 and is associated with the Martyn and O'Lochlainn families.
3.6 miW
Archaeological site
Poulawack Cairn
93 min walk • Poulawack Cairn is a prehistoric burial cairn located in the Burren area of County Clare, Ireland.
5 miNW
Archaeological site
Ballyallaban ringfort, Ballyvaughan
129 min walk • Ballyallaban ringfort or sometimes An Rath is an earthen ringfort south of Ballyvaughan in the Burren area, in County Clare, Ireland. It is a National Monument.
2.2 miS
Archaeological site
Cahercommaun, The Burren
57 min walk • Cahercommaun, sometimes Cahercommane, is a triple stone ringfort on the south-east edge of the Burren area, in Kilnaboy, near the rural village of Carran, in County Clare, Ireland. It was built in the 9th century.