Oldglass
Oldglass is an estate in County Laois, Leinster. Oldglass is situated nearby to the locality Ballyboodin, as well as near the area The Curragh.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cullahill Castle and Aghmacart Church.
Cullahill Castle
Ruins
Cullahill Castle was the principal stronghold of the MacGillapatricks of Upper Ossory built around 1425 and destroyed around 1650. Cullahill Castle takes its name from an ancient forest that covered Cullahill Mountain and extended down to Cullahill village. Cullahill Castle is situated 4 km south of Oldglass.
Aghmacart Church
Church
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aghmacart Church is situated 3½ km southwest of Oldglass.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cullohill and Ballacolla.
Cullohill
Village
Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois in the midlands of Ireland, with a population of 1770 in 2016. The abbey was Cistercian, founded in 1183 in the valley of the River Nore, and the original settlement grew up around it. Cullohill is situated 3½ km south of Oldglass.
Ballacolla
Village
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Ballacolla, officially Ballycolla, is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It sits at the crossroads of the R433 and R434 regional roads, 8 km southwest of Abbeyleix and 4 km northeast of junction 3 of the M8 motorway. Ballacolla is situated 4½ km northeast of Oldglass.
Clogh
Hamlet
Clough is a village in the civil parish of Bordwell in County Laois. It lies at a point where several townlands and two civil parishes meet. One of the churches of the Roman Catholic parish of Aghaboe, St. Clogh is situated 4½ km northwest of Oldglass.
Oldglass
- Type: Estate
- Category: agriculture
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.85° or 52° 51′ northLongitude
-7.48333° or 7° 29′ westElevation
78 metres (256 feet)Open location code
9C4JRGX8+XMGeoNames ID
2962174
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