Dunmore Cave
Dunmore Cave is a limestone solutional cave in Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is formed in Lower Carboniferous limestone of the Clogrenan Formation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Ireland
- Also known as: “Dunmore Caves”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trinity Well and St Joseph’s Church.
Trinity Well
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trinity Well is a spring, which is situated 2 km southwest of Dunmore Cave.
St Joseph’s Church
Church
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Joseph’s Church is situated 2 km southeast of Dunmore Cave.
St Coleman’s Well
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Coleman’s Well is a spring, which is situated 2½ km west of Dunmore Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Johnswell and Castlecomer.
Johnswell
Locality
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Johnswell is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. On the village green is a powerful spring and well dedicated to John the Baptist which was traditionally the venue for a local "pattern" of note, while the moat north of the village was the site of St John's Eve bonfires. Johnswell is situated 6 km southeast of Dunmore Cave.
Castlecomer
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2016 of about 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue small rivers.
Ballyragget
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2016 of about 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue small rivers. Ballyragget is situated 8 km northwest of Dunmore Cave.
Dunmore Cave
- Categories: show cave, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.73385° or 52° 44′ 2″ northLongitude
-7.24656° or 7° 14′ 48″ westElevation
114 metres (374 feet)Open location code
9C4JPQM3+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 291195242OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
3302455Wikidata ID
Q1258903
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dunmore Cave” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cave of Dunmore”
- Chinese: “丹漠洞”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف دنمور”
- German: “Dunmore Cave”
- Irish: “Dearc Fhearna”
- Polish: “Jaskinia Dunmore”
- Spanish: “Cueva de Dunmore”
- Swedish: “Cave of Dunmore”
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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 “Dunmore Cave”. Photo: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0.