Cullohill
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- Type: Village
- Description: town in Leinster, Ireland
- Also known as: “Cullahill”
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Durrow and Galmoy.
Durrow
Town
Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY 3.0.
Durrow is a village located in south-east County Laois, Ireland. Bypassed by the M8 motorway on 28 May 2010, the village is located on the R639 road at its junction with the N77. Durrow is situated 6 km northeast of Cullohill.
Galmoy
Locality
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Galmoy is a village in the barony of Galmoy, County Kilkenny in the southeastern part of the midlands of Ireland. It is located on the Kilkenny–Laois border, between the villages of Cullohill and Johnstown. Galmoy is situated 7 km southwest of Cullohill.
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 7 km north of Cullohill.
Cullohill
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8186° or 52° 49′ 7″ northLongitude
-7.47505° or 7° 28′ 30″ westElevation
106 metres (348 feet)Open location code
9C4JRG9F+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1430168090OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
Discover Cullohill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Cullohill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cullohill”
- Dutch: “Cullohill”
- Irish: “An Chúlchoill”
- Russian: “Каллахилл”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Graigueavoice and Maynebog Bridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parkanahown and Cullahill Community Centre.
County Laois: Must-Visit Destinations
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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 Wikivoyage page “Cullohill”. Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.