PlaceSaint Patrick's Catholic Church
80 m SSW
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An Caisleán Riabhach
Castlerea
2,348 people at the 2022 census. A market town on the Suck, an hour from the Atlantic and three from Dublin, that most people pass through on the way to somewhere else.
Darren J. Prior · 2018 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
130recordedmonumentsringthistown.Notoneofthemhasalinewrittenforavisitor.
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Testimony, 1938 · not a record
In former years there was a very extensive distillery in the town. The distillery had an output of 25,000 gallons of whiskey annually. Besides this there were two corn mills and tobacco was also manufactured in the town.
Written down by Michael Cassidy, Hanly Memorial, Castlerea, for the Irish Folklore Commission.
The Schools' Collection, Volume 0247, Page 001 © National Folklore Collection, UCD · CC BY-NC 4.0
Testimony, 1938 · not a record
In Patrick St Castlerea in the present house of Mr Newman there is an anvil. In the yard of this house there were two monks who one time carried on horse shoeing and the making of nails. An old resident Mr D Corcoran who says he is 91 years told me that in his youth his parents always spoke of the monks — priests — they had done this work for a living.
Written down by Seán Naughton, Hanly Memorial, Castlerea, for the Irish Folklore Commission.
The Schools' Collection, Volume 0247, Page 031 © National Folklore Collection, UCD · CC BY-NC 4.0
130recorded monuments inside 6 km
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PlaceBank of Ireland, Market Square
100 m NE
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250 m ERO026-035002
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250 m ERO026-035001
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300 m NNWRO026-029
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PlaceTrinity Church (Kilkeevin)
340 m ESE
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340 m NNWRO026-027
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340 m NRO026-028
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65 yearsCastlerea Railway Station
560 m S
Phil Richards · 1985 · CC BY-SA 2.0
780 m NNWRO026-067
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880 m WNWRO026-026
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920 m SRO026-042
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930 m NRO026-030
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970 m ERO026-036
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1.1 km WNWRO026-025
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1.2 km SWRO026-040001
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1.2 km NERO026-031
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1.2 km SWRO026-040002
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1.2 km SWRO026-041
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128 yearsSaint Joseph's graveyard, Knock Road
1.3 km WNW
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1.3 km NRO020-062
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1.4 km WNWRO026-024
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1.4 km WNWRO026-023
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1.4 km SWRO026-039
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Sorted by the distance between a thing and what it caused
12 places- 128yearsSaint Joseph's graveyard, Knock RoadThis church said its last mass in 1898 and has stood open ever since.1.3 km
- 78years
Longford HouseIreland's first President was born in this house. - 65yearsCastlerea Railway StationThe State's own record says a company built this 65 years too early.560 m
- 32days
Hell's Kitchen Bar & Railway MuseumA Taoiseach resigned because of what was said in this room. - —no intervalTrinity Church (Kilkeevin)He was baptised in this church. It is empty now.340 m
- —no interval
Church of Ireland graveyard, the DemesneOscar Wilde's grandfather is buried here. - —no interval
The Old BridewellSomebody's front room used to be a jail. - —no interval
Castlerea CourthouseThe courtroom became an office. The council works in it now. - —no interval
Castlerea MarketA shop that still stands like the market house it was. - —no intervalBank of Ireland, Market SquareA country bank built in the style of Irish monasteries.100 m
- —no intervalSaint Patrick's Catholic ChurchCold limestone outside. Warm and coloured inside.80 m
- —no interval
Clonalis HouseOne of Ireland's first concrete houses, built for its oldest family.2.4 km
Archaeological Survey of Ireland
Thirty-eight ringforts. Nine church sites. Six high crosses. Five children's burial grounds.
The survey has been public for years. Nobody has ever turned it into something a person standing at a gate could read.
Open the recordEach entry carries the surveyor's own field description, its measurements, the name it held on the 19th-century Ordnance Survey sheets, and the reference behind it.