Shankill Castle
Shankill Castle and Gardens is set in parkland near Paulstown on the Carlow/Kilkenny border. Visitors are invited to walk in the grounds and gardens, and there are guided tours of the house.Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shankill Castle Lodge and St John’s Church.
Kellymount graveyard
Cemetery
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kellymount graveyard is a cemetery, which is situated 2½ km west of Shankill Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paulstown and Royal Oak.
Paulstown
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Paulstown is a small village in County Kilkenny in Ireland. Paulstown is located at the junction of the N9 and N10 National primary roads. It is 21 km south of Carlow and 19 km east of Kilkenny.
Royal Oak
Village
Royal Oak is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is on the west side of the River Barrow, across from Bagenalstown, and is off the former N9 road. It is not in or a part of Bagenalstown. Royal Oak is within the townland of Clorusk. Royal Oak is situated 3 km northeast of Shankill Castle.
Bagenalstown
Photo: VisionsofthePast, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Muine Bheag, meaning "small thicket", is the official name of the town known in English as Bagenalstown. It's in County Carlow and in 2016 it had a population of about 2,800.
Shankill Castle
- Type: Estate
- Description: castle incorporated into a house in County Kilkenny, Ireland
- Categories: castle and agriculture
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From German to Ukrainian—“Shankill Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Shankill Castle (County Kilkenny)”
- German: “Shankill Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán an tSeanchill”
- Irish: “Caisleán na Seanchille”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Shankill”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Шанкілл”
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