Fore [17 photos] in N5170 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

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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.

by N Chadwick

Created: Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Updated: Sun, 16 Sep 2018

17 images use this description: (all images taken in 2018)

N5170 : Part of Fore Abbey by N Chadwick

N5170 : Passing the south-east gate, Fore by N Chadwick

N5070 : Anchorite Cells and crags by N Chadwick

N5070 : Anchorite Cells, Fore by N Chadwick

N5170 : St Feichin's Church (abbey), Fore by N Chadwick

N5070 : North-West Gate, Fore by N Chadwick

N5170 : St Feichin's Church (abbey) by N Chadwick

N5170 : Various sites, Fore by N Chadwick

N5070 : Field near Fore Abbey by N Chadwick

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