Passing the south-east gate, Fore © N Chadwick

N5170 : Passing the south-east gate, Fore

taken 6 years ago, near to Fore, Co Westmeath, Ireland

Passing the south-east gate, Fore

Fore (Irish: Baile Fhobhair, meaning "Townland of the Spring") is a village, next to the old Benedictine Abbey ruin of Fore Abbey, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath.
The village, is situated within a valley between two hills: the Hill of Ben, the Hill of Houndslow, and the Ankerland rise area. There can be found the ruins of a Christian monastery, abbey, church, gates and crosses
Fore is the anglicised version of the Irish name that signifies “the town of the water-springs” and was given to the area after Saint Feichin’s spring or well, which is next to the old church a short distance from where the ruined monastery still stands. It was St. Feichin who founded the ancient Fore Abbey around 630.

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Grid Square: N5170, 17 images (more nearby )
Photographer: N Chadwick (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Thursday, 2 August, 2018 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 16 September, 2018
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Roads, Road transport Derelict, Disused
Subject Location: Irish: N 5122 7019 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:40.7463N 7:13.5377W
Camera Location: Irish: N 5121 7021
View Direction: Southeast (about 135 degrees)