Ireland
Leinster
Kilkenny

Gowran

Gowran is a town on the eastern side of , Ireland. The historic St. Mary's Collegiate Church is in the centre of Gowran, close to Gowran Castle.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
Photo: Millars, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Gowran and Bastionfort Well.

Photo: Jcgowran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Mary’s Collegiate Church Gowran, also known as the Church of the Blessed Virgin of the Assumption, is a church in the centre of the town of Gowran, , .

Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a spring.

Athletics track
Gowran Park is a horse race course in , . It is located in the Annely Estate near the village of Gowran. The first meeting was held in 1914. and the first ever racecourse commentary in Ireland took place here in 1952.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goresbridge and Paulstown.

Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
is a small village located in the east of , in the province of , . is named after a 1756 bridge, built by Colonel Ralph Gore, which provides a crossing of the between County Kilkenny and in the region. is situated 5 km east of Gowran.

Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
is a small village in in . is located at the junction of the N9 and N10 National primary roads. It is 21 km south of and 19 km east of . is situated 7 km northeast of Gowran.

Village
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, previously known as Buile, is a small village in , , located some 4 kilometres north of the N10 national primary road at Flagmount. is situated 8 km north of Gowran.

Gowran

Latitude
52.62821° or 52° 37′ 42″ north
Longitude
-7.0688° or 7° 4′ 8″ west
Population
804
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE GOW
Open location code
9C4JJWHJ+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52245959
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2963918
Wiki­data ID
Q1131989
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Gowran from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Gowran” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Gowran”
  • Basque: “Gowran”
  • Cebuano: “Gowran”
  • Dutch: “Gowran”
  • French: “Gowran”
  • German: “Gowran”
  • Irish: “Gabhrán”
  • Italian: “Gowran”
  • Japanese: “ゴーラン”
  • Polish: “Gowran”
  • Russian: “Гауран”
  • Spanish: “Gowran”
  • Swedish: “Gowran”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Gowran”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Redbog and Nicholls Cross Roads.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St. Mary’s Graveyard and St. Mary’s Church, Gowran.

Ireland: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and Galway.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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 “Gowran”. Photo: Millars, CC BY-SA 4.0.