Brian Boru's Fort

#217 among destinations in Ireland

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Brian Boru's Fort, also called Béal Ború, is a ringfort and National Monument located in County Clare, Ireland. ()

Built: XI centuryCoordinates: 52°49'8"N, 8°27'6"W

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Brian Boru's Fort – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Killaloe Cathedral, Killaloe Bridge, Moylussa, St. Molua's Church.

1 miSE
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Gothic architecture
Killaloe Cathedral, Killaloe
26 min walk • The Cathedral Church of St Flannan, Killaloe is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Killaloe, County Clare in Ireland. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Killaloe, it is now one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe.
0.9 miSE
Bridge
Killaloe Bridge, Killaloe
24 min walk • Killaloe Bridge is a road bridge over the River Shannon between Ballina in County Tipperary and Killaloe, County Clare in Ireland. Built on the site of an earlier structure, the eighteenth-century bridge has thirteen arches and includes a lifting section that was added in 1929.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moylussa
80 min walk • Moylussa is a mountain in the Slieve Bernagh range in western Ireland, and the highest point in County Clare at 532 metres.
0.9 miS
Archaeological site
St. Molua's Church, Killaloe
23 min walk • St. Molua's Church, Killaloe is a medieval church and National Monument in Killaloe, Ireland.
6.5 miNW
Church
St. Cronan's Church
166 min walk • St. Cronan's Church is a 10th-century Church of Ireland church in Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland. It is the oldest church in continuous use in Ireland. The Tuamgraney parish operates as a unit with the Mountshannon parish in the Killaloe Union of parishes in the Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe.
3.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Fintan's Grave
82 min walk • Fintan's Grave is a mythological cave on the Irish mountain Tul Tuinde in the Arra Mountains near Lough Derg. Supposedly, Fintan mac Bóchra waited out the Flood here.
5.6 miN
Forts and castles
Castlebawn
144 min walk • Castlebawn is a 16th-century Tower house, in County Clare, Ireland. It is on a small island on Lough Derg on the River Shannon, it is connected to the shore of Bealkelly by a man-made causeway. It was built by the McNamaras about 1540, severely damaged in 1827, and is now restored and opened to the public.
3.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Arra Mountains
94 min walk • The Arra Mountains or Arra Hills are situated in County Tipperary in Ireland, between the towns of Nenagh and Ballina, south east of Lough Derg and north of the M7 Motorway. The highest summit is Tountinna at 457m high.