Ballynahow
Ballynahow is a locality in County Kerry, Munster. Ballynahow is situated nearby to the locality Lamanagh, as well as near Glanearagh.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tobairin Holy Well and Illaunloughan.
Illaunloughan
Archaeological site
Photo: Jose Antonio Gutierrez D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Illaunloughan is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. The site is located on a tiny island of 0.3 acres in Portmagee Channel, a channel separating Valentia Island from the Iveragh Peninsula. Illaunloughan is situated 3½ km north of Ballynahow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmagee and Chapeltown.
Portmagee
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portmagee is a fishing village on the Iveragh Peninsula of County Kerry, with a population in 2016 of 123. In Irish it's An Caladh, "the ferry", because it was the port for Valentia Island, but a bridge now spans the channel.
Chapeltown
Village
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Chapeltown is a village on Valentia Island in the south-west of County Kerry. It is the second major settlement on the Island, the other being Knightstown 4 kilometers away. Chapeltown is situated 6 km north of Ballynahow.
Knightstown
Village
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Knightstown, alternatively called Knight's Town, is a village and the largest settlement on Valentia Island, County Kerry, in Ireland. It lies within the townland of Farranreagh, at the eastern tip of the island. Knightstown is situated 9 km northeast of Ballynahow.
Ballynahow
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.85472° or 51° 51′ 17″ northLongitude
-10.36222° or 10° 21′ 44″ westElevation
207 metres (679 feet)Open location code
9C3FVJ3Q+V4GeoNames ID
3297688
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In Other Languages
“Ballynahow” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Baile na hAbha”
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