Piercetown

Piercetown is a quarter in County Cork, Munster. Piercetown is situated nearby to the quarter Ballynoe, as well as near the locality Coole East.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kilnap Viaduct and Delaney Brothers Monument.

Kilnap Viaduct

Bridge

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The Kilnap Viaduct is an eight-arch railway viaduct located in Cork, Ireland. Built in 1845, it carried the Great Southern & Western Railway line to Cork over the valley of Glennamought River and Mallow Road, and is still in use today as part of the main Dublin to Cork line. Kilnap Viaduct is situated 3½ km southwest of Piercetown.

Delaney Brothers Monument

Memorial

Photo: Michael O’Sheil, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Delaney Brothers Monument is a memorial, which is situated 3½ km south of Piercetown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sallybrook and Carrignavar.

Sallybrook

Suburb

Photo: Halaston, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sallybrook is a residential area near the town of Glanmire outside Cork City in Ireland. It is in the townland of Knocknahorgan on the River Glashaboy. Sallybrook is situated 4 km southeast of Piercetown.

Carrignavar

Village

Carrignavar is a village in County Cork, north of Cork city. It lies east of Whitechurch and west of the R614 road, by a bridge over the Cloghnagash River. Carrignavar is situated 4 km north of Piercetown.

Mayfield

Suburb

Photo: Ceoil, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mayfield, historically Ballinamought, is a suburb on the north-side of Cork city, Ireland. Mayfield is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central. Mayfield is situated 4½ km south of Piercetown.

Piercetown

Type: Quarter
Category: locality
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.95247° or 51° 57′ 9″ north

Longitude

-8.4557° or 8° 27′ 21″ west

Elevation

129 metres (423 feet)

Open location code

9C3HXG2V+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12521174115

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames ID

3299433

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