- Address
- Railway Road, Kenmare
- Type
- Convent / nunnery
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21401003
Poor Clare's Convent
Railway Road, Kenmare
About Poor Clare's Convent
The National Inventory rates Poor Clare's Convent Regional, one of 24 in Kenmare. Poor Clare's Convent dates from 1860–1865. 13 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 21401003↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes
Kenmare · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
1 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded churches around Kenmare
The nearest is Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Glengarriff, 15 km away. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. At the edge of the list, 24 km away: Church of Saint Brendan the Navigator (Kilmocomoge), Bantry.
Questions about Poor Clare's Convent
Is Poor Clare's Convent on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21401003).
Can you visit Poor Clare's Convent?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Poor Clare's Convent built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1860–1865.
Is Poor Clare's Convent protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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