Fossa
Fossa is a village and parish in County Kerry, Ireland, north of the Lakes of Killarney. Townlands in Fossa parish:…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in County Kerry, Ireland
- Also known as: “Fossa, County Kerry”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aghadoe Round Tower and Aghadoe Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site.
Parkavonear Castle
Ruins
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Parkavonear Castle is a 13th-century Anglo-Norman ruin in Aghadoe in Ireland, overlooking the lakes of Killarney. It was built following the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beaufort and Killarney.
Beaufort
Village
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Beaufort is a small village that lies on the banks of the River Laune in County Kerry, in the southwest of Ireland. It consists of a post office, three public houses, one supermarket, parish hall, guest houses and thirty private houses. Beaufort is situated 4 km west of Fossa.
Killarney
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Killarney is a town in County Kerry in southwest Ireland. It has a resident population of about 14,000 but in summer they're outnumbered by tourists, because this is one of the most scenic areas of Ireland, firmly on the tourist circuit for over 150 years.
Kilcummin Farmhill
Village
Kilcummin is a village in County Kerry, Ireland, about 6 kilometres north-east of Killarney. The population was 612 at the 2022 census. Kilcummin GAA Club was formed in 1910 and competes in gaelic football. Kilcummin Farmhill is situated 8 km northeast of Fossa.
Fossa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.07093° or 52° 4′ 15″ northLongitude
-9.57873° or 9° 34′ 43″ westElevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
9C4G3CCC+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 171425592OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Fossa” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fossa”
- Catalan: “An Fosadh”
- Dutch: “Fossa”
- German: “Fossa”
- Irish: “An Fosadh”
- Japanese: “フォッサ”
- Russian: “Фосса”
- Turkish: “Fossa”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mahony’s Point and Lakeview.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fossa School Sports Complex and Prince of Peace Church.
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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 “Fossa”. Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.