Historic site · Ireland
Thoor Ballylee
Thoor Ballylee is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Moylussa stands 532 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Church (ruins), a historic site 1.0 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 7.0 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates53.10314, -8.77509
- 7.0 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Salmon Weir Bridge · 17 mi
- Bird Sanctuary · 18 mi
- Murrooghtoohy · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Knockapollboy: 5.3 mi
- Knocknarebana: 5.7 mi
- Pollduff: 6.3 mi
- Cashlaundrumlahan: 6.6 mi
- Knocknamona: 7.2 mi
Historic sites
- Church (ruins): 1.0 mi
- Kiltartan Castle: 1.6 mi
- Tullira Castle: 2.3 mi
- Horse pump: 2.9 mi
- Beagh Church: 3.6 mi
Parks: 50
- Kiltartan Millennium Park: 1.7 mi
- Canon Quinn Park: 3.2 mi
- Deer Park: 5.1 mi
- Raeglas: 7.1 mi
- Rahasane Turlough Special Conservation Area: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 50
- The Autograph Tree: 2.6 mi
- Coole Park: 2.7 mi
- Kilmacduagh Monastery: 6.0 mi
- Derrybrien Bog Slide: 7.3 mi
- Drumacoo Monastic Site: 8.5 mi
Springs
- Polldeelin: 1.9 mi
- Spring Well: 3.3 mi
- Pollduagh: 4.2 mi
- Tobermacduagh: 6.0 mi
- Toberinneenboy: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 22
- Christ The King: 3.1 mi
- The Winged Horse: 13.6 mi
- Machnamh: 13.6 mi
- Sheela na Gig: 15.8 mi
- Plaque bearing poem: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 13
- White Sands: 8.5 mi
- Ballyloughane Beach: 15.3 mi
- Dead Mans Beach: 15.7 mi
- Grattan Beach: 16.3 mi
- Trawclogh: 16.6 mi
Museums: 11
- Kiltartan Gregory Museum: 1.7 mi
- Heritage Center: 13.6 mi
- Galway City Museum: 16.3 mi
- Claddagh Ring Museum: 16.4 mi
- Galway Arts Centre: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 6
- Walled Garden: 2.6 mi
- Famine Garden: 7.1 mi
- Woodville Walled Garden: 7.2 mi
- Westside Community Organic Garden: 17.3 mi
- Caher Bridge Garden: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Cnoc na gCuinín: 17.6 mi
- Oughtdarra: 23.8 mi
- Ailladie: 24.3 mi
- Ballyryan: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Hen Harrier Reserve: 18.9 mi
- Post Office Field: 19.9 mi
- Blessed Well: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Cloonmacken Lake Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Thoor Ballylee. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moylussa | SSE 150° | 532 m | 21.4 mi |
| Cragnamurragh | SSE 154° | 526 m | 21.4 mi |
| Glennagalliagh Mountain | SSE 154° | 446 m | 22.1 mi |
| Ballykildea Mountain | SSE 150° | 412 m | 23.0 mi |
| Maghera | SSE 166° | 400 m | 9.6 mi |
| Cappaghabaun Mountain | SE 132° | 395 m | 14.1 mi |
| Scalp | ESE 122° | 380 m | 14.1 mi |
| Cappaghabaun Mountain East | SE 125° | 378 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:02 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 21:09 | 22:06 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:51 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:48 | 15:13 | 16:20 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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