Castledermot
Castledermot is an inland town in the south-east of Ireland in County Kildare, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Castledermot Round Tower and Saint John’s Tower.
Castledermot Round Tower
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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
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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
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Moone is a small village in the south of County Kildare, Ireland. It is on the former N9 road about 60 km south of Dublin. It has only a few hundred inhabitants, a church, a national school, one shop and a small community centre. Moone is situated 7 km north of Castledermot.
Timolin
Village
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Timolin is a village in the south of County Kildare, Ireland. It is located off the R448 road, the former N9 road about 80 km south of Dublin. It is a small village, with less than a hundred inhabitants, one shop and two pubs. Timolin is situated 8 km north of Castledermot.
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″ northLongitude
-6.83684° or 6° 50′ 13″ westPopulation
1,480Elevation
77 metres (253 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE 7CMOpen location code
9C4MW567+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 52223125OpenStreetMap 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”
- 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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