Historic site · Ireland
Crutched Friars
Crutched Friars is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Emigrant Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Crutched Friars 13th century Priory, In 1285 a dispute between the friars and citizens resulted in deaths. The friars placed a curse on the town as they departed and it was lifted by Pope Eugenius IV in 1436.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.39218, -6.94635
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Emigrant Park: 0.1 mi
- Pearse Park: 0.2 mi
- Library Park: 0.2 mi
- New Ross Harbour Board Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Dobbyn's Field: 8.6 mi
Artworks
- The Emigrant Flame: 0.1 mi
- Small Things Like These: 0.1 mi
- JFK Podium: 0.1 mi
- Hunter Monk: 9.8 mi
- Shepherd Monk: 9.9 mi
Peaks
- Camlin Hill: 1.6 mi
- Lacken Hill: 2.7 mi
- Partridge Hill: 2.7 mi
- Slievecoiltia: 3.7 mi
- Carrickbyrne Hill: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 59
- Dunbrody Famine Ship Visitor Centre: 0.1 mi
- Dunbrody: 0.1 mi
- Kennedy Homestead: 3.5 mi
- Dunbrody Abbey: 7.5 mi
- Dunbrody Abbey Visitor Centre: 7.6 mi
Historic sites: 54
- Daubney Fountain: 0.2 mi
- O'Neill: 0.2 mi
- 1798 Monument: 0.3 mi
- Irishtown Cross: 0.5 mi
- Mountgarrett Castle: 1.4 mi
Springs
- Brandon Well: 0.4 mi
- Rag Well: 0.8 mi
- Toberkeagh: 1.1 mi
- Tobar Fhionntain: 1.9 mi
- Tobernacally: 2.0 mi
Beaches: 34
- Arthurstown Beach: 10.4 mi
- Duncannon: 12.0 mi
- Raheen Strand: 12.4 mi
- Dromina Strand: 12.9 mi
- Booley Bay Beach: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 23
- High Hill Norman Garden: 0.3 mi
- Robert Emmet Memorial Garden: 4.6 mi
- Kilmokea Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Forge Masters Garden: 8.4 mi
- Coolaught Gardens: 11.0 mi
Museums: 19
- John F. Kennedy Arboretum Museum: 5.0 mi
- Woodstock Heritage Museum: 8.3 mi
- Irish Museum of Time: 11.3 mi
- Irish Silver Museum: 11.4 mi
- Medieval Museum: 11.4 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 12.9 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 12.9 mi
- Fiddown Island: 16.3 mi
- Fenor Bog: 19.6 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Castle View: 11.7 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Carricjmore Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Crutched Friars. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | NNE 24° | 794 m | 17.1 mi |
| Blackstairs Mountain | NNE 29° | 732 m | 12.4 mi |
| Moats of Craan | NNE 27° | 657 m | 17.7 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | NNE 30° | 600 m | 18.1 mi |
| Knockroe | NNE 25° | 539 m | 15.3 mi |
| Slievebawn | NNE 19° | 525 m | 18.0 mi |
| Brandon Hill | N 352° | 515 m | 8.2 mi |
| Carrigroe | NNE 29° | 495 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunrise.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:56 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 20:59 | 21:55 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:36 | 15:12 | 16:17 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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