Killough Hill

Killough Hill is a peak in County Tipperary, Munster and has an elevation of 235 metres. Killough Hill is situated nearby to the locality Spring Garden, as well as near Caraun.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Cross Abbey.

Holy Cross Abbey

Church

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Holy Cross Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Holycross near Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland, situated on the River Suir. It takes its name from a relic of the True Cross or Holy Rood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moycarkey and Holycross.

Moycarkey

Village

Moycarkey, officially Moycarky, is a village in Moycarky townland in the civil parish of Moycarky in County Tipperary, Ireland. It contains the extensive ruins of Moycarkey Castle.

Thurles is a market town in County Tipperary, with a population of 8200 in 2022. In Irish it's Durlas Éile, "strong fort of the Éile", a tribe or small kingdom that reached its zenith in the 5th century AD.

Horse and Jockey

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Horse and Jockey is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It lies on the R639 road, where it meets the N62 road to Thurles. It lies just off junction 6 of the M8 motorway, which by-passed the village in December 2008.

Killough Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 235 metres
Also known as: “Killough” and “Killough Hill (site of)”
Categories: hill and landform
Location: County Tipperary, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.60993° or 52° 36′ 36″ north

Longitude

-7.83671° or 7° 50′ 12″ west

Elevation

235 metres (771 feet)

Open location code

9C4JJ557+X8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5296023402

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

3307460

Wikidata ID

Q26717187

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Satellite Map

Discover Killough Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Killough Hill” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Killough Hill”
Dutch: “Killough Hill”
Irish: “Cnoc Chill Eochaidh”
Swedish: “Killough Hill”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Spring Garden and Caraun.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Killough Quarry and Gaille Graveyard.

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