Sousheen Common

Sousheen Common is a locality in County Kildare, Leinster. Sousheen Common is situated nearby to the town Ballymore Eustace, as well as near the locality Stonebrook.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Poulaphouca Reservoir and Barretstown Castle.

Poulaphouca Reservoir

Power station

Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 3 km southeast of Sousheen Common.

Barretstown Castle

House

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. Barretstown Castle is situated 3 km northeast of Sousheen Common.

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 4 km east of Sousheen Common.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hollywood and Valleymount.

Hollywood

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

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 5 km south of Sousheen Common.

Valleymount

Village

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 Sousheen Common.

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.

Sousheen Common

Type: Locality
Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.13505° or 53° 8′ 6″ north

Longitude

-6.62612° or 6° 37′ 34″ west

Elevation

117 metres (384 feet)

Open location code

9C5M49PF+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3354849636

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

12191753

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