Rathkyle

Rathkyle is an archaeological site in Kilkenny, Leinster. Rathkyle is situated nearby to the village Cullohill, as well as near the locality Galmoy.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glashare Castle and Aghmacart Church.

Glashare Castle

Ruins

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glashare Castle is a ruins, which is situated 1½ km south of Rathkyle.

Aghmacart Church

Church

Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aghmacart Church is situated 2 km north of Rathkyle.

Cullahill Castle was the principal stronghold of the MacGillapatricks of Upper Ossory built around 1425 and destroyed around 1650. Cullahill Castle takes its name from an ancient forest that covered Cullahill Mountain and extended down to Cullahill village. Cullahill Castle is situated 3 km northeast of Rathkyle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cullohill and Galmoy.

Cullohill

Village

Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois in the midlands of Ireland, with a population of 1770 in 2016. The abbey was Cistercian, founded in 1183 in the valley of the River Nore, and the original settlement grew up around it. Cullohill is situated 3 km northeast of Rathkyle.

Galmoy

Locality

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Galmoy is a village in the barony of Galmoy, County Kilkenny in the southeastern part of the midlands of Ireland. It is located on the Kilkenny–Laois border, between the villages of Cullohill and Johnstown. Galmoy is situated 4 km west of Rathkyle.

Johnstown

Village

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Johnstown, historically known as Coorthafooka, is a small town in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Bypassed in December 2008 by the M8, the town lies at the junction of the R639, the R502 and the R435 regional roads. Johnstown is situated 7 km southwest of Rathkyle.

Rathkyle

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.80209° or 52° 48′ 8″ north

Longitude

-7.51079° or 7° 30′ 39″ west

Elevation

111 metres (364 feet)

Open location code

9C4JRF2Q+RM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 531702446

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

GeoNames ID

3307989

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