Ballyfoyle
Ballyfoyle is a locality in Kilkenny, Leinster. Ballyfoyle is situated nearby to the locality North Quarter, as well as near Castle Quarter.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Joseph’s Church and Dunmore Cave.
Dunmore Cave
Cave
Photo: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunmore Cave is a limestone solutional cave in Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is formed in Lower Carboniferous limestone of the Clogrenan Formation.
Trinity Well
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trinity Well is a spring, which is situated 3 km west of Ballyfoyle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Johnswell and Castlewarren.
Johnswell
Locality
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Johnswell is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. On the village green is a powerful spring and well dedicated to John the Baptist which was traditionally the venue for a local "pattern" of note, while the moat north of the village was the site of St John's Eve bonfires. Johnswell is situated 4½ km southeast of Ballyfoyle.
Castlewarren
Village
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castlewarren, previously known as Buile, is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland, located some 4 kilometres north of the N10 national primary road at Flagmount. Castlewarren is situated 9 km east of Ballyfoyle.
Castlecomer
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2016 of about 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue small rivers.
Ballyfoyle
- Type: Locality
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.72361° or 52° 43′ 25″ northLongitude
-7.23028° or 7° 13′ 49″ westElevation
127 metres (417 feet)Open location code
9C4JPQF9+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 52257927OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2966590
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In Other Languages
“Ballyfoyle” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Baile an Phoill”
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Highlights include Ballyfoyle Active Retirement Garden and Ballyfoyle Cemetery.
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