Castledermot
Castledermot is an inland town in County Kildare, Ireland, about 75 km from Dublin, and 10 km from the town of Carlow. The N9 road from Dublin to Waterford previously passed through the village but upon completion of a motorway bypass in 2010, it was re-designated the R448.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castledermot Round Tower and Saint John’s Tower.
Castledermot Round Tower
Castledermot Round Tower is a 10th-century round tower in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland. The tower, and the high crosses nearby, are a National Monument.Saint John’s Tower
Ruins
Saint John's Tower, also called the Pigeon Tower, is a tower in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland. A former bell tower, it is all that remains of a medieval leper hospital and is a National Monument.
Castledermot Abbey
Ruins
Castledermot Abbey is a ruined Franciscan friary in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland. It was founded at some point before 1247. A previous monastery had been founded on the same site by Diarmait, a son of Áed Róin, King of Ulster, in the ninth century AD.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilkea and Moone.
Kilkea
Village
Kilkea is a village and civil parish in County Kildare, Ireland, about 75 km from Dublin, and 15 km from the town of Carlow. The R418 regional road from Athy to Tullow passes through the village. Kilkea is situated 6 km northwest of Castledermot.
Moone
Village
Timolin
Village
Castledermot
- Type: Town with 1,480 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.91195° or 52° 54′ 43″ north
Longitude
-6.83684° or 6° 50′ 13″ west
Population
1,480
Elevation
77 metres (253 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE 7CM
Open location code
9C4MW567+Q7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Castledermot” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Castledermot”
- Catalan: “Castledermot”
- Cebuano: “Castledermot”
- Danish: “Castledermot”
- Dutch: “Castledermot”
- French: “Castledermot”
- German: “Castledermot”
- Hungarian: “Castledermoti nagykeresztek”
- Irish: “Díseart Diarmada”
- Italian: “Castledermot”
- Japanese: “キャッスルダーモット”
- Lithuanian: “Kasldermotas”
- Macedonian: “Каслдермот”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Castledermot”
- Norwegian: “Castledermot”
- Russian: “Каслдермат”
- Slovak: “Castledermot”
- Spanish: “Castledermot”
- Swedish: “Castledermot”
- Welsh: “Castledermot”
- Welsh: “Diseart Diarmad”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castledermot Post Office and Castledermot Library.
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