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O'Connell Column

O'Connell Column is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Moylussa stands 532 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sisters Of Mercy, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 11 miles off.

The story

monument in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland

Wikidata Q55027770, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.84438, -8.98255

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Doora Church (ruins): 1.0 mi
  • Alice and Gwendoline Cave: 2.1 mi
  • G.A.A. Commemorative Stone: 2.1 mi
  • Irish Famine Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Clare Castle: 2.1 mi
Springs
Peaks
Attractions: 59
Parks: 39
  • St Peter and Paul Park: 0.3 mi
  • Garden of Rememberance: 0.4 mi
  • Kincora Park: 0.6 mi
  • Claureen Community Orchard: 0.9 mi
  • People's Park: 2.1 mi
Artworks: 25
Gardens: 11
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Lahinch Beach: 16.8 mi
  • White Sands: 17.4 mi
  • Yurty's Couch: 21.0 mi
  • Trawee: 21.9 mi
  • Fanore Beach: 22.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Post Office Field: 0.2 mi
  • Coonagh Nature: 17.5 mi
  • The Pollagh Trail: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cloonmacken Lake Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of O'Connell Column. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MoylussaE 92°531.6 m19.2 mi
CragnamurraghE 94°526 m18.1 mi
Glennagalliagh MountainE 96°446 m18.5 mi
Ballykildea MountainE 96°412 m20.2 mi
MagheraNE 52°400 m13.9 mi
Cappaghabaun MountainENE 66°395 m20.8 mi
SlievecallanW 269°391 m12.0 mi
ScalpENE 63°380 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4018:0318:49
June solstice05:1121:0922:05
September equinox07:2218:5219:37
December solstice08:4715:1716:22

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/864066902

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