Summerhill

Summerhill is a locality in Kilkenny, Leinster. Summerhill is situated nearby to the locality Barry’s Cross Roads, as well as near Dunn’s Cross Roads.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Longory’s Well and Colliery Church.

St Longory’s Well

Spring

Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Longory’s Well is a spring, which is situated 3 km northeast of Summerhill.

Colliery Church

Church

Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Colliery Church is situated 3½ km north of Summerhill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crettyard and Castlecomer.

Crettyard is a hamlet in County Laois, Ireland. It is on the border with County Kilkenny, at the junction of the N78 and the R431 roads. Carlow town is 14 km to the east, and Kilkenny city is 22 km to the south. Crettyard is situated 4 km north of Summerhill.

Castlecomer

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2022 of 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the small rivers Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue.

Bilboa

Hamlet

Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bilboa is a settlement located on the boundaries of counties Carlow, Laois and Kilkenny in Ireland. A bridge, a short distance from the village and built c. 1800, is known as the 'Three Counties Bridge'. Bilboa is situated 6 km east of Summerhill.

Summerhill

Type: Locality
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.80528° or 52° 48′ 19″ north

Longitude

-7.13722° or 7° 8′ 14″ west

Elevation

264 metres (866 feet)

Open location code

9C4JRV47+44

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52241197

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2961313

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