Caponellan Hill

Caponellan Hill is a hill in County Laois, Leinster and has an elevation of 253 metres. Caponellan Hill is situated nearby to the locality Ballynaskee, as well as near Ballykealy.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Durrow Church and Castle Durrow.

Durrow Church

Church

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Durrow Church is situated 2½ km north of Caponellan Hill.

Castle Durrow

House

Photo: GunnerPoulsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Castle Durrow is an 18th-century country house in Durrow, County Laois, Ireland. The house was built in the pre-Palladian design and formal gardens that were popular in the 18th century. Castle Durrow is situated 2½ km north of Caponellan Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Durrow and Cullohill.

Durrow

Town

Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY 3.0.

Durrow is a village located in south-east County Laois, Ireland. Bypassed by the M8 motorway on 28 May 2010, the village is located on the R639 road at its junction with the N77.

Cullohill

Village

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Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois in the midlands of Ireland, with a population of 1770 in 2016. The abbey was Cistercian, founded in 1183 in the valley of the River Nore, and the original settlement grew up around it. Cullohill is situated 5 km west of Caponellan Hill.

Ballyragget

Village

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Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2022 of 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the small rivers Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue. Ballyragget is situated 6 km southeast of Caponellan Hill.

Caponellan Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 253 metres
Category: landform
Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.8239° or 52° 49′ 26″ north

Longitude

-7.39995° or 7° 23′ 60″ west

Elevation

253 metres (830 feet)

Open location code

9C4JRJF2+H2

GeoNames ID

12608518

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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