Newtown

Newtown is a locality in Kilkenny, Leinster. Newtown is situated nearby to the locality Ovenstown, as well as near Burnchurch Viper.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Newtown Church ruin and Lacken Well.

Newtown Church ruin

Ruins

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

Newtown Church ruin is a ruins.

Lacken Well

Spring

Photo: Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lacken Well is a spring.

Burnchurch Castle is a well-preserved 15th century Norman tower house with a round gate tower, located in the parish of Burnchurch, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Burnchurch Castle is situated 3 km north of Newtown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kells and Stoneyford.

Kells

Village

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Kilkenny is the county town of County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population of 27,000 in 2022. At its core is the medieval city founded by the Normans, and in the 1640s it was effectively the capital of Ireland.

Stoneyford

Village

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stoneyford, officially Stonyford is a small town in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It lies on the R713 road some 14 km south of Kilkenny City. Stoneyford is a part of the parish of Aghaviller in the Diocese of Ossory. Stoneyford is situated 5 km east of Newtown.

Dunnamaggin

Village

Dunnamaggin is a small village in the south County Kilkenny, Ireland, on the R699 road between Callan and Knocktopher, east of its intersection with the R697 between Kells and Kilmoganny. Dunnamaggin is situated 5 km south of Newtown.

Newtown

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

52.55° or 52° 33′ north

Longitude

-7.3° or 7° 18′ west

Elevation

76 metres (249 feet)

Open location code

9C4JHM2X+2X

GeoNames ID

2962246

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