Rossmore
Rossmore is a locality in County Laois, Leinster. Rossmore is situated nearby to the locality Redgate Cross Roads, as well as near Cathole Bridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ridge of Capard.
Ridge of Capard
Peak
Ridge of Capard is a mountain in County Laois, Ireland. Ridge of Capard's summit is at an altitude of 483 metres, making it the third-highest point in Laois, the sixth-highest in the Slieve Bloom Mountains and the 615th-highest summit in Ireland. Ridge of Capard is situated 3 km northwest of Rossmore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyfin and Mountrath.
Ballyfin
Hamlet
Photo: Djkeddie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ballyfin is a village and parish in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois, Ireland. It is around 8 km west of Portlaoise, on the L21121 local road which joins the R423 regional road between Mountrath and Mountmellick. Ballyfin is situated 3½ km southeast of Rossmore.
Mountrath
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
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.
Mountmellick
Photo: Trenchspike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mountmellick is a town in County Laois, with a population of about 4900 in 2022. It's difficult to believe that this small place was once a large industrial town: English Quakers settled in the 17th century and founded breweries, a distillery, woollen mills, cotton, tanneries and glassworks.
Rossmore
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.07619° or 53° 4′ 34″ northLongitude
-7.44966° or 7° 26′ 59″ westElevation
222 metres (728 feet)Open location code
9C5J3HG2+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 52269782OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3313653
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