Orchard Bridge
Orchard Bridge is a locality in County Carlow, Leinster. Orchard Bridge is situated nearby to the locality Rathornan Bridge, as well as near Rathvinden Lock.Places of Interest
Highlights include Leighlinbridge Castle and St John’s Church.
Leighlinbridge Castle
Ruins
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Leighlinbridge Castle, also called Black Castle, is in the village of Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland, on the River Barrow. The early castle was built c.1181 for the Normans. Leighlinbridge Castle is situated 2½ km southwest of Orchard Bridge.
St John’s Church
Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John’s Church is situated 3 km east of Orchard Bridge.
Nurney Cross
Cross
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Nurney Cross is a stone cross located in Nurney, County Carlow, Ireland, and is an early example of a high cross. The site was a monastic site founded by Abbán in the 5th century AD and the cross is believed to date from that time. Nurney Cross is situated 3 km east of Orchard Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leighlinbridge and Nurney.
Leighlinbridge
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Leighlinbridge is a town in County Carlow, with an ancient bridge over the River Barrow that's still in use. It stood astride the main Dublin-Waterford road until bypassed in the 1980s. In 2022 its population was less than 1,000.
Nurney
Village
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Nurney is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. Nurney is situated 3 km east of Orchard Bridge.
Ballinabranagh
Village
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Ballinabranna or Ballinabrannagh is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometres south of Carlow and 5 kilometres from Junction 6 of the M9 motorway. Ballinabranagh is situated 3½ km northwest of Orchard Bridge.
Orchard Bridge
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Carlow, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.75567° or 52° 45′ 20″ northLongitude
-6.95761° or 6° 57′ 27″ westElevation
47 metres (154 feet)Open location code
9C4MQ24R+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 52246524OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3302990
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