Aghacurreen

Aghacurreen is a locality in County Kerry, Munster. Aghacurreen is situated nearby to the hamlet Fossa, as well as near Gortroe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aghadoe Round Tower and Parkavonear Castle.

Parkavonear Castle

Ruins

Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Parkavonear Castle is a 13th-century Anglo-Norman ruin in Aghadoe in Ireland, overlooking the lakes of Killarney. It was built following the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169.

Aghadoe Cathedral

Ruins

Photo: BertholdStrucken, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Aghadoe Cathedral was a church that may have been the seat of a bishop at Aghadoe, Ireland. The now ruined cathedral overlooks the Lakes of Killarney from Aghadoe, a few miles from Killarney.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fossa and Killarney.

Fossa

Hamlet

Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fossa is a village and parish in County Kerry, Ireland, north of the Lakes of Killarney. Townlands in Fossa parish include Aghadoe and Coolgarriv.

Killarney is a town in County Kerry in southwest Ireland. In 2022 it had a resident population of 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.

Beaufort

Village

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Beaufort is a small village that lies on the banks of the River Laune in County Kerry, in the southwest of Ireland. It consists of a post office, three public houses, one supermarket, parish hall, guest houses and thirty private houses. Beaufort is situated 5 km southwest of Aghacurreen.

Aghacurreen

Type: Locality
Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.08972° or 52° 5′ 23″ north

Longitude

-9.56528° or 9° 33′ 55″ west

Elevation

98 metres (322 feet)

Open location code

9C4G3CQM+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52258091

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3290748

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