Trough Castle
Trough Castle is a castle in County Clare, Munster. Trough Castle is situated nearby to the hamlet Ardnacrusha, as well as near the village Clonlara.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shannon hydroelectric scheme.
Shannon hydroelectric scheme
Power station
The Shannon hydroelectric Scheme was a major development by the Irish Free State in the 1920s to harness the power of the River Shannon. Its product, the Ardnacrusha power plant, is a hydroelectric power station located near Ardnacrusha within County Clare approximately 2.4 kilometres from the Limerick border. Shannon hydroelectric scheme is situated 3 km south of Trough Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardnacrusha and Clonlara.
Ardnacrusha
Hamlet
Ardnacrusha is a village in County Clare, Ireland, located on the northern bank of the River Shannon. By road, it is 6.6 kilometres north of Limerick. The name derives from the phrase Ard na Croise meaning "the height of the cross", due to a large cross marker placed there in 1111 to mark the boundary of the Diocese of Limerick. Ardnacrusha is situated 2½ km south of Trough Castle.
Clonlara
Village
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clonlara, officially Cloonlara, is a village in County Clare, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic parish of the same name. Clonlara is situated 3½ km east of Trough Castle.
Parteen
Village
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parteen is a village in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated in the townland of the same name that is part of the civil parish of St Patrick's. It is also part of the ecclesiastical parish of Parteen-Meelick-Coonagh in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick. Parteen is situated 4 km south of Trough Castle.
Trough Castle
- Type: Castle
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.73139° or 52° 43′ 53″ northLongitude
-8.60444° or 8° 36′ 16″ westElevation
59 metres (194 feet)Open location code
9C4HP9JW+H6GeoNames ID
3310263
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