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The Cathedral

The Cathedral from directly overhead

The Cathedral is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Greenane stands 801 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cormac's Chapel, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates52.52009, -7.89058

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Corralough Well: 0.7 mi
  • Brickendown Well: 2.4 mi
  • Lady's Well: 3.4 mi
  • Killeen Well: 3.9 mi
  • Murveela Well: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Gortmakellis Castle: 2.0 mi
  • Ballynahinh Castle: 2.4 mi
  • Shanballyduff Castle: 2.6 mi
  • Meldrum Castle (ruins): 2.8 mi
  • Synone Castle: 3.5 mi
Attractions: 21
Parks: 15
  • Fethard Town Park: 8.9 mi
  • East Gate Park: 9.1 mi
  • Inch Field: 10.2 mi
  • The Plots: 11.3 mi
  • Small Plots: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 13
Gardens: 13
Museums: 10
  • Cashel Folk Musuem: 0.2 mi
  • Fethard Horse Country Experience: 9.0 mi
  • Cormackstown Heritage Centre: 9.9 mi
  • Lár na Páirce: 11.4 mi
  • Famine & War Museum: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Eagles Step: 19.0 mi
  • Eagles Step: 19.0 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 21.5 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 21.5 mi
  • Mahon Valley: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • The Prison Waterfall: 17.0 mi
  • Assaroula Waterfall: 18.7 mi
  • Ballard Waterfall: 23.7 mi
  • Mahon Falls: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Garden of Renewal: 17.2 mi
  • Kildanogue wildfowl sanctuary and nature reserve: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of The Cathedral. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
GreenaneSW 221°801.3 m14.1 mi
GaltybegSW 228°799.2 m15.5 mi
Greenane WestSW 224°787 m14.5 mi
SlievenamonESE 115°720.2 m15.2 mi
CushSW 231°641.2 m14.4 mi
LaghtshanaquillaSW 218°629.4 m12.5 mi
Laghtshanaquilla North-East TopSW 218°598 m12.0 mi
KnockastakeenSW 227°581.6 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5918:44
June solstice05:0921:0321:59
September equinox07:1818:4819:33
December solstice08:4115:1516:20

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/148284040

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