The Wonderful Barn
The Wonderful Barn is a corkscrew-shaped building on the edge of Castletown House Estate, formerly of the Conolly family, in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. The barn itself is formally in neighbouring Leixlip.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Edge977, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building in Celbridge, Ireland
- Also known as: “The wonderful Barn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leixlip Louisa Bridge railway station and Leixlip Spa.
Leixlip Louisa Bridge railway station
Railway station
Leixlip Louisa Bridge is a railway station in the north-eastern corner of County Kildare, Ireland. It is one of two stations that serve the civil parish of Leixlip, the other being Leixlip Confey. Leixlip Louisa Bridge railway station is situated 1¼ km north of The Wonderful Barn.
Leixlip Spa
Spring
The Leixlip Spa is an archaeological and hydrogeological complex at Louisa Bridge, Leixlip, near Dublin, Ireland, situated close to the Royal Canal. It was a popular health spa in the late 18th and early 19th century. Leixlip Spa is situated 1¼ km north of The Wonderful Barn.
Church of Our Lady’s Nativity
Church
Photo: Gdonlon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Our Lady’s Nativity is situated 1¼ km northeast of The Wonderful Barn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leixlip and Celbridge.
Leixlip
Town
Photo: Magnolia677, CC BY 4.0.
Leixlip is a town in north-east County Kildare, Ireland. Its location on the confluence of the River Liffey and the Rye Water has marked it as a frontier town historically: on the border between the ancient kingdoms of Leinster and Brega, as an outpost of The Pale, and on Kildare's border with County Dublin.
Celbridge
Town
Photo: Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Celbridge is a town and townland on the River Liffey in County Kildare, Ireland. It is 23 km west of Dublin. Both a local centre and a commuter town within the Greater Dublin Area, it is located at the intersection of the R403 and R405 regional roads. Celbridge is situated 3 km southwest of The Wonderful Barn.
Lucan
Town
Photo: Ro55box, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lucan is a suburban village to the west of Dublin, Ireland, located 12 km from Dublin city centre, on the River Liffey. It is near the Strawberry Beds and Lucan Weir, and at the confluence of the River Griffeen. Lucan is situated 4 km east of The Wonderful Barn.
The Wonderful Barn
- Categories: folly, building, tourism, historic site, and historic building
- Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.35968° or 53° 21′ 35″ northLongitude
-6.50989° or 6° 30′ 36″ westElevation
36 metres (118 feet)Open location code
9C5M9F5R+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 933031397OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Japanese—“The Wonderful Barn” goes by many names.
- Czech: “The Wonderful Barn”
- French: “The Wonderful Barn”
- German: “The Wonderful Barn”
- Irish: “An Ghráinseach Iontach”
- Italian: “The Wonderful Barn”
- Japanese: “ワンダフル・バーン”
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