Barretstown Castle
Barretstown Castle is a castle in Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, Ireland. It stands on the site of a late 12th century Anglo-Norman castle. It now hosts the Barretstown camp for sick children.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Poulaphouca Reservoir and Russborough House.
Poulaphouca Reservoir
Power station
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Poulaphouca Reservoir, officially Pollaphuca, is an active reservoir and area of wild bird conservation in west County Wicklow, Ireland named after the Poulaphouca waterfall on its south-western end where the water exits the lake. Poulaphouca Reservoir is situated 4 km south of Barretstown Castle.
Russborough House
House
Photo: Ramón, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Russborough House is a Georgian Palladian house between Blessington and Ballymore Eustace near the Blessington Lakes in County Wicklow, Ireland. The house was designed by Richard Castle for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown and built between 1741 and 1755. Russborough House is situated 2½ km southeast of Barretstown Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blessington and Hollywood.
Blessington
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Blessington is a small town in County Wicklow, with a population in 2022 of about 5600. It's west of the Wicklow mountains and this part of the county is low-lying and rural.
Hollywood
Village
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Hollywood is a village in west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is 15 km south of Naas on the Wicklow Gap road near its junction with the N81 road. A population of less than 100 people registered in the 2002 Census, though the community draws from a larger area which consists of about 500 people. Hollywood is situated 7 km south of Barretstown Castle.
Valleymount
Village
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Valleymount is a small village in western County Wicklow, Ireland. The name 'Valleymount' does not appear before 1839. Previously, the village was known as 'the Cross of Ballymore' or simply 'the Cross', with 'cross' referring to land belonging to the church. Valleymount is situated 7 km southeast of Barretstown Castle.
Barretstown Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Ireland
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From German to Ukrainian—“Barretstown Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Barretstown Castle”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Барретстоун”
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