Villierstown
Villierstown is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Blackwater, and was founded in the 1740s by a local landlord, John Villiers, as a base for the linen industry, and initially populated primarily from Lurgan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Assumption and Strancally Castle.
Church of the Assumption
Church
Photo: MonikaLisa2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of the Assumption is situated 2½ km southeast of Villierstown.
Strancally Castle
Residential building
Strancally Castle is a country house in County Waterford, Ireland. It is located on the River Blackwater, close to the town of Youghal in County Cork. Strancally Castle is situated 3 km southwest of Villierstown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aglish and Knockanore.
Aglish
Village
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aglish is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Aglish is situated 3 km southeast of Villierstown.
Knockanore
Hamlet
Knockanore is a rural village and townland in County Waterford, situated approximately 9 miles from neighbouring towns Youghal and Tallow.The village is located on a designated scenic routeway. Knockanore is situated 5 km southwest of Villierstown.
Cappoquin
Town
Photo: Liam Hughes, CC BY 2.0.
Cappoquin, also sometimes spelt Cappaquin, is a town in western County Waterford, Ireland. It is on the Blackwater river at the junction of the N72 national secondary road and the R669 regional road. Cappoquin is situated 6 km north of Villierstown.
Villierstown
- Type: Village with 279 residents
- Description: village in Munster, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Waterford, Munster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.08886° or 52° 5′ 20″ northLongitude
-7.85158° or 7° 51′ 6″ westPopulation
279Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
9C4J34QX+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1459910861OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2961010Wikidata ID
Q4111259
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Villierstown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Villierstown”
- Cebuano: “Villierstown”
- Dutch: “Villierstown”
- Irish: “An Baile Nua, Contae Phort Láirge”
- Irish: “An Baile Nua”
- Japanese: “ヴィリアスタウン”
- Russian: “Виллиерстаун”
- Spanish: “Villierstown”
- Swedish: “Villierstown”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Villierstown Quay and Dromore Quay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Villierstown Church and Villierstown Community Development CLG.
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