Friarstown, Dromahair

#3 among attractions in Dromahair

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Friarstown is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. The townland is located in the civil parish of Clonfad. The southern shores of Lough Ennell borders the townland to the north, and Dalystown is to the east. The River Brosna forms its western border with the townland of Clonsingle. ()

Coordinates: 54°13'51"N, 8°19'11"W

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Dromahair Ireland

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Day trips

Friarstown – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Parke's Castle, Lough Gill, Hazelwood, St. Angela's College.

2.4 miN
Imposing 1600s castle overlooking lake
Parke's Castle, Dromahair
62 min walk • Parke’s Castle is a plantation era castle situated on the northeast shore of Lough Gill, in County Leitrim, Ireland. The castle is built on the site of an earlier fifteenth-century O'Rourke tower house.
2.9 miNW
Scenic lake with a literary connection
Lough Gill
76 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Yeats Country, the picturesque Lough Gill is a serene freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. This idyllic expanse of water is a hidden gem, located in the counties of Sligo and Leitrim, and serves as a tranquil retreat from the bustling...
4.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Hazelwood
122 min walk • Hazelwood is an ancient area of woodland located just over 2 miles outside the town of Sligo in northwest Ireland, in the parish of Calry. It is the setting for W.B.Yeats's The Song of Wandering Aengus.
3.2 miNW
Universities and schools
St. Angela's College, Sligo
83 min walk • St. Angela's College, Sligo is a college of NUI Galway located beside Lough Gill. St. Angela's College have had a strategic partnership with NUI Galway since 2006. St. Angela’s College was founded by the Ursuline Order in 1952 and was a recognised college of the National University of Ireland from 1978-2006.
0.4 miE
Archaeological site
Creevelea Abbey, Dromahair
11 min walk • Creevelea Abbey is a medieval Franciscan friary and National Monument located in DromahairCounty Leitrim, Ireland. Creeveley Abbey is now in use for as a grave yard.
1.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
48 min walk • "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" is a twelve-line poem comprising three quatrains, written by William Butler Yeats in 1888 and first published in the National Observer in 1890. It was reprinted in The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics in 1892 and as an illustrated Cuala Press Broadside in 1932.
5.5 miW
Archaeological site
Carns Cairn
141 min walk • Carns Cairn is a cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.
4.2 miNW
Archaeological site
Magheraghanrush Court Tomb
107 min walk • Magheraghanrush Court Tomb is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.
4.9 miW
Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
Hazelwood House, Sligo
126 min walk • Hazelwood House is an 18th-century Palladian style country house located in a 70-acre demesne in the parish of Calry, approximately 2 miles south-east of the town of Sligo in north-west Ireland.
2.7 miSW
Archaeological site
Cashelore
70 min walk • Cashelore, also called Cashel Bir or Bawnboy, is a stone ringfort and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.
1 miSW
Archaeological site
Gortlownan Motte
26 min walk • Gortlownan Motte is a motte and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.