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The River Boyne (Irish: An Bhóinn or Abhainn na Bóinne) is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about 112 kilometres (70 mi) long. It rises at Trinity Well , Newberry Hall, near Carbury , County Kildare , and flows north-east through County Meath to reach the Irish Sea between Mornington , County Meath, and Baltray , County ...
The Boyne Navigation (Irish: Loingseoireacht na Bóinne) is a series of canals running 31 km (19 mi) [2] roughly parallel to the River Boyne from Oldbridge to Navan in County Meath, in Ireland. The navigation was once used by horse-drawn boats travelling between Navan, Slane and the port of Drogheda ; however is now derelict.
Newgrange (Irish: Sí an Bhrú [1]) is a prehistoric monument in County Meath in Ireland, located on a rise overlooking the River Boyne, eight kilometres (five miles) west of the town of Drogheda. [2] It is an exceptionally grand passage tomb built during the Neolithic Period, around 3200 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian ...
The area is located eight kilometers west of Drogheda in County Meath, Ireland, in a bend of the River Boyne. It is around 40 kilometers north of Dublin. [4]Brú na Bóinne is surrounded on its southern, western and eastern sides by the Boyne; additionally, a small tributary of the Boyne, the River Mattock, runs along the northern edge, almost completely surrounding Brú na Bóinne with water.
The Boyne river walk is a walkway along the river Boyne starting at the castle park and running along the Boyne to Newtown abbey. The total walk to Newtown and back takes about 40 minutes. Newtown Abbey lies on the banks of the Boyne about 15 minutes' walk from Trim Castle. It once was the largest abbey of its kind in Ireland.
The Boyne River is a river in Central Queensland, Australia.. The headwaters of the river rise in the Bobby Range, within the Great Dividing Range southwest of Miriam Vale.The river descends from the western slopes of the range and flows generally north by east parallel with the Gladstone-Monto Road through the Boyne Valley.
The river descends 571 metres (1,873 ft) over its 230-kilometre (140 mi) course. [2] The river was named in 1843 by Henry Stuart Russell under the mistaken impression the river was the same watercourse as the Boyne River located in Central Queensland. [1]
Bective Abbey from the sky Bective Abbey in 1916.. Bective Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Bheigthí) [2] is a Cistercian abbey on the River Boyne in Bective, County Meath, Ireland.. The abbey was founded in 1147, [3] and the remaining (well-preserved) structure and ruins primarily date to the 15th century. [4]