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Knightstown

Knightstown, alternatively called Knight's Town, is a village and the largest settlement on , , in . It lies within the townland of Farranreagh, at the eastern tip of the island.
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  • Type: Village with 243 residents
  • Description: principal settlement on Valentia Island, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Knightstown, County Kerry”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of the Immaculate Conception and Valentia Lifeboat Station.

Church
Photo: ETKOLEVA, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Building
Photo: Dennis Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located adjacent to the Watch House Cottages at Knightstown, a village at the eastern tip of , , in the SW corner of .

Island
Photo: John ., CC BY 2.0.
Beginish is an island in Valentia Harbour, in south west Kerry , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chapeltown and Caherciveen.

Village
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is a village on in the south-west of . It is the second major settlement on the Island, the other being Knightstown 4 kilometers away. is situated 4 km southwest of Knightstown.

Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the Iveragh Peninsula in in southwest Ireland. It has a population of 1300, but it's on the popular Ring of Kerry tourist circuit and gets very busy in summer.

Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a fishing village on the Iveragh Peninsula of , with a population in 2016 of 123. In Irish it's An Caladh, "the ferry", because it was the port for Valentia Island, but a bridge now spans the channel.

Knightstown

Latitude
51.92561° or 51° 55′ 32″ north
Longitude
-10.28844° or 10° 17′ 18″ west
Population
243
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
9C3FWPG6+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1460558736
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2963142
Wiki­data ID
Q4312468
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Knightstown” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Knightstown”
  • Cebuano: “Knightstown”
  • Dutch: “Knightstown”
  • French: “Knightstown”
  • Irish: “An Chois”
  • Irish: “Baile an Ridire”
  • Russian: “Найтстаун (Керри)”
  • Russian: “Найтстаун”
  • Spanish: “Knightstown”
  • Swedish: “Knightstown, Irland”
  • Swedish: “Knightstown”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St. John the Baptist and Knightstown Tennis Court.

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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 “Knightstown”. Photo: Kmcnamee, CC BY-SA 4.0.