Leinster, Ireland · Europe
Clara is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Kilbeggan, 25km from Clonmacnoise.
Clara is in Leinster, Ireland, with about 3,200 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Kilbeggan, about 8 km away.
Clara (Irish: Clóirtheach; sometimes translated locally as Clárach) is a town on the River Brosna in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the 10th largest town in the midlands of Ireland. The town had a population of 3,403 as of the 2022 census.
Clara's local services include churches, schools, a branch of the Laois & OffalyRead more
Education and Training Board, a library, doctor's surgery, medical centre, pharmacies, health centre, family resource centre, shops, post office, credit union, hair and beauty salons, barbers, garages, pubs, eateries, a playground, public swimming pool, pitch and putt club, GAA club, and Clara Bog Visitor Centre. There is a Garda (police) station and fire station in the town, while the Midlands Regional Hospital is located approximately eleven kilometres away in Tullamore.
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Within an hour or so of Clara: Sean's Bar (24 km), Clonmacnoise (25 km), Mondello Park (58 km), Trim Castle (59 km).
The nearest famous roads are Wicklow Gap, Sally Gap and Wild Atlantic Way.
Clara is in Leinster, Ireland, about 8 km from Kilbeggan.
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5 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
Pub on the west bank of the Shannon in Athlone trading since around 900 AD: Guinness World Records lists it as Ireland's oldest. Excavated wattle-and-daub walls and centuries of coins are displayed inside; sawdust still on the floor.
24 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Monastic city founded by St Ciarán in 544 on an esker above a bend of the Shannon: two round towers, a cathedral, high crosses and hundreds of early Christian grave slabs. Once one of Europe's great centres of learning.
25 km · about 30 min drive
racetrack
Ireland's only permanent motorsport circuit, located in County Kildare and the home of Irish national racing since 1968.
58 km · about 65 min drive
castle
Ireland's largest Anglo-Norman castle, used as a Braveheart filming location, with a massive 20-sided keep dominating the Boyne Valley.
59 km · about 70 min drive
film location
Ireland's largest Anglo-Norman castle doubled for the city of York in Braveheart, with the battles shot on the Curragh plain nearby.
59 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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