Kilbricken
Kilbricken, officially Kilbrickan, is a hamlet in County Laois, Ireland, on the Dublin-Cork railway line. Mountrath & Castletown railway station opened at Kilbricken on 1 September 1848.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: town in Leinster, Ireland
- Also known as: “Kilbrickan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Fintan’s Well.
Saint Fintan’s Well
Spring
Saint Fintan’s Well is a spring, which is situated 3½ km east of Kilbricken.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountrath and Aghaboe.
Mountrath
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Mountrath is a town in County Laois, with a population in 2022 of about 2100. In the 18th and 19th century it was industrial, with weaving and metal-working from local iron ores.
Aghaboe
Locality
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Aghaboe is situated 6 km southwest of Kilbricken.
Raheen
Village
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Raheen is a small village south of Portlaoise in County Laois, Ireland. Raheen is situated 6 km east of Kilbricken.
Kilbricken
- Category: human settlement
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.96438° or 52° 57′ 52″ northLongitude
-7.46601° or 7° 27′ 58″ westElevation
88 metres (289 feet)Open location code
9C4JXG7M+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 52222413OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
Discover Kilbricken from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Kilbricken” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kilbricken”
- Dutch: “Kilbricken”
- Irish: “Cill Bhriocáin”
- Russian: “Килбрикен”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Forest Bridge and Badger Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kilbricken Church ruins and Mountrath Golf Club.
County Laois: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Portlaoise, Abbeyleix, Mountmellick, and Slieve Bloom Mountains.
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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 “Kilbricken”. Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.