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County Offaly

Rhode

Rhode is a village in , . It is situated on the R400 at its junction with the R441 which leads to , 12 km to the east. Rhode village is on an "island" of high ground surrounded by an expanse of raised bog which forms part of the Bog of Allen.
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  • Type: Village with 811 residents
  • Description: village in County Offaly, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Rhode, County Offaly” and “Road”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clonin Earthworks and Rhode Power Station.

Peak
The , also called the Bull Ring, are a series of earthworks, and a National Monument, located in , .

Power station
is a 104 MW gas/oil fired peaker plant situated beside the village of Rhode in , . It replaced an 80 MW peat fueled power station operated by ESB that was decommissioned in 2003.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Croghan and Castlejordan.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tullamore is the county town of , and more or less in the centre of Ireland. It's traversed by the Grand Canal, which is navigable by leisure boats from Dublin to the Shannon and beyond. is situated 5 km west of Rhode.

Locality
is a village and townland in , . It is located in the south of the county, close to the border with , to the south of . is situated 7 km northeast of Rhode.

Village
Photo: Padraig McGrath, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, formerly Philipstown, named after King Philip II of Spain, is a small town in east , . It is situated midway between the towns of and on the R402 regional road. is situated 8 km southwest of Rhode.

Rhode

Latitude
53.34957° or 53° 20′ 58″ north
Longitude
-7.199° or 7° 11′ 56″ west
Population
811
Elevation
94 metres (308 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE RHO
Open location code
9C5J8RX2+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52257043
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2961832
Wiki­data ID
Q3777971
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Rhode” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Rhode (Offaly konderria)”
  • Basque: “Rhode”
  • Cebuano: “Rhode”
  • Dutch: “Rhode”
  • German: “Rhode”
  • Irish: “Ród”
  • Russian: “Rhode”
  • Russian: “Род”
  • Spanish: “Rhode”
  • Swedish: “Rhode, County Offaly”
  • Swedish: “Rhode”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Peter’s Church and Rhode GAA.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rhode”. Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.