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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Russborough House and Poulaphouca Reservoir.
Russborough House
House
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.
Poulaphouca Reservoir
Power station
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blessington and Hollywood.
Blessington
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
Valleymount
Village
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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Latitude
53.15388° or 53° 9′ 14″ north
Longitude
-6.59713° or 6° 35′ 50″ west
Elevation
190 metres (623 feet)
Open location code
9C5M5C33+H4
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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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