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St. Mary's Famine and War Museum

St. Mary's Famine and War Museum from directly overhead

St. Mary's Famine and War Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Devil's Bit Mountain stands 480 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Garden of Remembrance, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

church in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland

Wikidata Q55029714, matched on coordinates and name (15 m apart).

What to expect

Operated by
George Willoughby

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates52.68078, -7.80382

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Barry's castle: 0.3 mi
  • Black Castle: 0.5 mi
  • Manor Mills: 1.1 mi
  • Lime kiln: 1.6 mi
  • Brittas Castle: 1.7 mi
Springs
  • Lady's Well: 1.1 mi
  • Black Well: 3.2 mi
  • Tobermore: 4.8 mi
  • Tobernataggert: 5.4 mi
  • Toberagh: 5.5 mi
Peaks
  • Killough Hill (site of): 5.1 mi
  • Moyaliff Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Pallas Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Knockane: 6.6 mi
  • Clonoulty Hill: 8.4 mi
Parks: 40
  • Thurles Town Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hollyford Millennium Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Millenium Park: 15.2 mi
  • Fethard Town Park: 15.2 mi
  • East Gate Park: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 29
Gardens: 21
Museums: 17
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 17.7 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 17.7 mi
Nature reserves: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of St. Mary's Famine and War Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devil's Bit MountainNNW 335°480 m10.8 mi
GortagarryNW 325°458 m10.9 mi
TooreenW 263°457 m13.9 mi
BenduffNNW 338°455 m13.6 mi
Kilduff MountainNNW 337°445 m11.6 mi
KnockanoraNW 315°433 m10.8 mi
KnockbaneWSW 252°433 m12.4 mi
KnockaloughW 269°427 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3517:5918:44
June solstice05:0821:0322:00
September equinox07:1718:4719:32
December solstice08:4115:1316:19

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2770736516

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