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The Great Famine, near Oldcastle

The Great Famine is a monument in County Cavan, 9.4 km north-east of Oldcastle in County Meath.

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An Gorta Mór The Great Famine 1845 1849 Virginia Fever Hospital In Memory of all who Died here Gi a ndérna Día trócaíre ortha Erected by Virginia 400 committee 2012
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County CavanThe county boundary encloses it, taken from the OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries. It is listed on this site under Oldcastle, which is the nearest settlement and is in County Meath.
From Oldcastle
9.4 km north-east, in a straight line

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The Great Famine is in Oldcastle, County Meath. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.

It is 9.4 km north-east of the centre of Oldcastle in a straight line. The map records no stop within walking distance.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Virginia (135211), 1.3 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Virginia 1.3 km
    buses 109X, 30, 186, 172, EK1 and VI07 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Bailieborough Road 1.6 km
    bus 172
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Coppanagh Glebe 2.0 km
    bus 187
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Lough Ramor 2.1 km
    buses 109X, 186, 109, VI07 and EK1
    Scheduled departures from this stop

Getting to Oldcastle covers the journeys into the town itself.

Other monuments in Oldcastle

Nearest to The Great Famine first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from The Great Famine, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 26 monuments in Oldcastle

Questions people ask

Where is The Great Famine?
Near Oldcastle, County Cavan, 9.4 km north-east of the centre.
What are the opening hours of The Great Famine?
Opening hours are not available on this page yet. Check with the business before travelling.
How far is The Great Famine from the centre of Oldcastle?
9.4 km north-east of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other monuments near The Great Famine?
26 in Oldcastle altogether. The nearest are WWI veteran Luke Delaney birthplace, Roll of Honour and Virginia Handball Club.
How do you get to The Great Famine without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Virginia, 1.3 km away in a straight line, and buses 109X, 30, 186, 172, EK1 and VI07 among others call there, run by Bus Éireann and TFI Local Link Cavan Monaghan. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

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The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap node/9939725304, and can be corrected there.
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Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.

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