Aherla
Aherla is a small village in County Cork, Ireland, with a population of 562. It is in the townlands of Aherla More and Rathard. Aherla is built on a limestone shelf typical of County Cork's ridges and valleys.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Kilcrea Castle and Kilcrea Friary.
Kilcrea Castle
Forest
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Kilcrea Castle is a ruined 15th-century towerhouse and bawn located near the Kilcrea Friary, west of Cork City, Ireland. The tower house and friary were both built by Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, 9th Lord of Muskerry.
Kilcrea Friary
Cemetery
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Kilcrea Friary is a ruined medieval abbey located near Ovens, County Cork, Ireland. Both the friary and Kilcrea Castle, located in ruin to the west, were built by Observant Franciscans in the mid 15th century under the invitation of Cormac Láidir MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerry, as protection from English troops.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farran and Knockavilla.
Farran
Locality
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Farran is a village in County Cork, Ireland, in the parish of Ovens. It lies on the southside of the River Lee. Farran is 12 miles west from Cork City on the N22 road.
Knockavilla
Hamlet
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knockavilla is a small village in County Cork, Ireland, a few of kilometres from Crossbarry and Innishannon. The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Saint Patrick. Knockavilla is situated 7 km southeast of Aherla.
Dripsey
Village
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Dripsey is a village in County Cork, Ireland, on the R618 regional road around 20 km west of Cork City. It is situated on a tributary of the River Lee, the Dripsey River. Dripsey is situated 7 km north of Aherla.
Aherla
- Type: Village with 571 residents
- Description: village in Munster, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.85373° or 51° 51′ 13″ northLongitude
-8.73283° or 8° 43′ 58″ westPopulation
571Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE AHLOpen location code
9C3HV738+FVOpenStreetMap ID
node 52253126OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Aherla” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Aherla”
- Bulgarian: “Ахерла”
- Cebuano: “Aherla”
- Dutch: “Aherla”
- Irish: “An Eatharla”
- Irish: “Eatharla”
- Persian: “اهرلا”
- Russian: “Ахерла”
- Swedish: “Aherla”
- Urdu: “اہرلا”
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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 Wikipedia page “Aherla”. Photo: Oliver Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.0.