Ashton

Ashton is a locality in County Cork, Munster. Ashton is situated nearby to the locality Lehanagh, as well as near Knockaunnarrony.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aghinagh Church and Carrigadrohid Lake.

Aghinagh Church

Ruins

Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aghinagh Church is a ruins.

Carrigadrohid Lake

Reservoir

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carrigadrohid Lake is a lake on the River Lee in County Cork, in the province of Munster, in the south of Ireland. Situated upstream of Carrigadrohid village, the lake is actually a reservoir, created for the Carrigadrohid hydroelectric power station, which was erected in the 1950s.

Carrigadrohid Castle

Photo: Sole Origami, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Carrigadrohid Castle is situated 4 km east of Ashton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrigadrohid and Macroom.

Carrigadrohid

Locality

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carrigadrohid is a townland and village in the civil parish of Aghinagh, County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on the north bank of the River Lee, with the nearby village of Canovee to the south. Carrigadrohid is situated 4 km east of Ashton.

Macroom

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Macroom is a market town in County Cork, southwest Ireland. It stands halfway between Cork and Killarney at a point where the fertile Lee valley gives way to rugged uplands, and the road starts its climb over to County Kerry.

Crookstown

Village

Crookstown is a small village in County Cork in Ireland, about 12 km east of the town of Macroom and about 1 km off the N22 Cork–Killarney road. It had a population of 183 at the 2022 census, down from 203 in the 2016 census. Crookstown is situated 8 km southeast of Ashton.

Ashton

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

51.8925° or 51° 53′ 33″ north

Longitude

-8.90611° or 8° 54′ 22″ west

Elevation

118 metres (387 feet)

Open location code

9C3HV3RV+XH

GeoNames ID

3291491

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