SW Ireland
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Ross Castle

Ross Castle is a 15th-century tower house and keep on the edge of , in , , Ireland. It is the ancestral home of the Chiefs of the Clan O'Donoghue, later associated with the Brownes of Killarney.
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  • Opening hours: March—October 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 15th century castle in Ireland

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Innisfallen and St Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney.

Island
Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Inishfallen is an in ; one of the three in , . is home to the ruins of Abbey.

Church
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St. Mary's Cathedral, Killarney, is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Kerry situated to the west of in , . is situated 2 km northeast of Ross Castle.

Castle
Photo: Emmett.Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located on the small Muckross Peninsula between and , two of the , 6 kilometres from the town of in , . is situated 3 km southeast of Ross Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Killarney and Fossa.

Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in in southwest Ireland. It has a resident population of about 14,000 but in summer they're outnumbered by tourists, because this is one of the most scenic areas of Ireland, firmly on the tourist circuit for over 150 years.

Hamlet
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is a village and parish in , Ireland, north of the . Townlands in parish:… is situated 4½ km northwest of Ross Castle.

Village
Kilcummin is a village in , Ireland, about 6 kilometres north-east of . The population was 612 at the 2022 census. Kilcummin GAA Club was formed in 1910 and competes in gaelic football. is situated 8 km northeast of Ross Castle.

Ross Castle

Latitude
52.04125° or 52° 2′ 29″ north
Longitude
-9.53147° or 9° 31′ 53″ west
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
9C4G2FR9+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 212769721
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3290610
Wiki­data ID
Q1855987
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Ross Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ross gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “castell de Ross”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Ross”
  • Croatian: “Dvorac Ross”
  • Danish: “Ross Castle”
  • Dutch: “Ross Castle”
  • French: “château de Ross”
  • French: “Château de Ross”
  • French: “Ross Castle”
  • German: “Ross Castle”
  • Irish: “Caisleán an Rois”
  • Japanese: “ロス城”
  • Polish: “Ross Castle”
  • Polish: “Zamek Ross”
  • Russian: “Замок Росс”
  • Slovenian: “Caisleán an Rois”
  • Slovenian: “Ross Castle”
  • Slovenian: “Rossov grad”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Ross”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Росс”

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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 “Ross Castle”. Photo: Dumphasizer, CC BY-SA 2.0.