Red Abbey
Red Abbey is a ruin of an Augustinian abbey. Within the neighbourhood of South Gate, it is one of the places to visit. For a second stop, St. Fin Barre's Cathedral is 600 m away.
Abbey or priory in South Gate
Inside South Gate
Red Abbey is inside South Gate’s neighbourhood. Towns near it ↓
Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
Highs of 18–20°C mark June to September in South Gate.
Red Abbey
Articles on it exist in 4 languages. It is part of County Cork.
- Type
- Abbey or priory
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- in South Gate
- Official site
- corkheritage.ie/?page_id=313
Know before you go
Around Red Abbey, mapped
Red Abbey sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is South Gate’s neighbourhood. · CSO 2022 outline
Towns that list Red Abbey
In size, Turner's Cross comes first of the 8, with 7,208 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
South Gate
Cork City Centre
Gillabbey
Knockrea
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Red Abbey is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Gate | It’s in town | 7,185 | 26 |
| Cork City Centre | 200 m northwest of it | 3,701 | 26 |
| Gillabbey | 300 m west of it | 5,857 | 26 |
| Knockrea | 400 m east of it | 5,228 | 26 |
| Turner's Cross | 400 m south of it | 7,208 | 26 |
| Glasheen | 600 m southwest of it | 5,981 | 26 |
| Ballinlough | 700 m east of it | 5,435 | 26 |
| Shandon | 700 m north of it | 3,539 | 26 |
Beyond Red Abbey
Pair it with 2 museums, 2 churches and a cathedral, all within 15 km.
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral600 m away2
MuseumCork Butter Museum1 km away3
FortElizabeth Fort400 m away4
Art galleryCrawford Art Gallery700 m away5ChurchChurchShandon Bells & Tower, St Anne's Church1 km away6MuseumMuseumNano Nagle Place100 m away7ChurchChurchSt. Finbarr's South Church100 m away8Historic houseHistoric houseCity Hall Cork600 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Red Abbey
Where is Red Abbey?
Red Abbey is in South Gate, Cork, inside the town’s neighbourhood.
What is Red Abbey?
Ruin of an Augustinian abbey in Cork, Ireland.
How well known is Red Abbey?
Red Abbey has 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #246 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.
When is the best time to visit Red Abbey?
June to September are the warmest months in South Gate, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Red Abbey?
Within 15 km: St. Fin Barre's Cathedral (600 m), Cork Butter Museum (1 km), Elizabeth Fort (400 m) and Crawford Art Gallery (700 m).
Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Red Abbey: HarryLande, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Fin Barre's Cathedral: Flickr member Charlie cravero, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cork Butter Museum: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Fort: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crawford Art Gallery: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).