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Boyle Abbey, near Ballinafad

Boyle Abbey is a ringfort or site in County Roscommon, 6.5 km south of Ballinafad in County Sligo.

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County RoscommonThe county boundary encloses it, taken from the OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries. It is listed on this site under Ballinafad, which is the nearest settlement and is in County Sligo.
From Ballinafad
6.5 km south, in a straight line
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www.heritageireland.ie/en/West/BoyleAbbey
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Office of Public Works
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Recorded as accessibleOne tag covering the whole place. It does not say whether the entrance, the inside, the toilets or the route to the door are step free, and this page will not say so either.
Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon.
Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon.·Digital Eye, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon.·Digital Eye, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Boyle Abbey is in Ballinafad, County Sligo. 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 6.5 km south of the centre of Ballinafad in a straight line. The map records no stop within walking distance.
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The nearest scheduled stop is Boyle (555791), 230 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Boyle 230 m
    buses 23, 570, 571 and NG05 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Abbeytown 470 m
    bus 570
    Scheduled departures from this stop

Getting to Ballinafad covers the journeys into the town itself.

Other ringforts and sites in Ballinafad

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

All 32 ringforts and sites in Ballinafad

Questions people ask

Where is Boyle Abbey?
Near Ballinafad, County Roscommon, 6.5 km south of the centre.
How do you contact Boyle Abbey?
Contact Boyle Abbey. Visit www.heritageireland.ie/en/West/BoyleAbbey.
How far is Boyle Abbey from the centre of Ballinafad?
6.5 km south 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 ringforts and sites near Boyle Abbey?
32 in Ballinafad altogether. The nearest are Drumanone Dolmen, Ardcarn Ringfort and Ardcarn.
How do you get to Boyle Abbey without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Boyle, 230 m away in a straight line, and buses 23, 570, 571 and NG05 among others call there, run by Bus Éireann and TFI Local Link Longford Westmeath Roscommon. 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 way/293229784, 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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