The Pound

The Pound is a memorial in Kilkenny, Leinster. The Pound is situated nearby to the police station Graiguenamanagh Garda Station, as well as near the spring Keating’s Well.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Keating’s Well and Duiske Abbey.

Keating’s Well

Spring

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Keating’s Well is a spring, which is situated 140 metres south of The Pound.

Duiske Abbey National Monument, also known as Graiguenamanagh Abbey, is a 13th-century Cistercian monastery situated in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny in Ireland. Duiske Abbey is situated 300 metres southeast of The Pound.

Lady’s Well

Spring

Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lady’s Well is a spring, which is situated 230 metres south of The Pound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Graignamanagh and St Mullin’s.

Graignamanagh

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Graignamanagh is a village on the River Barrow, which forms the eastern boundary of County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland. Gráig na Manach means "village of the monks" and refers to Duiske Abbey which is the place's main attraction.

St Mullin’s

Village

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St Mullins is a village, civil parish and townland on the eastern bank of the River Barrow in the south of County Carlow, Ireland. A smaller part of the civil parish is in County Wexford. The village is 10 km north of New Ross, near the R729 road. St Mullin’s is situated 6 km south of The Pound.

Borris

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Borris is a village in the south of County Carlow, with a population in 2016 of 652. The main reasons to visit are for events at Borris House and for hiking in the Blackstairs mountains.

The Pound

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “c. 1800. The first cattle seized in the Tithe War of 1830 were detained here. Fr Martin Doyle PP had a horse impounded here in 1831. He was the person most responsible for commencing the Tithe War.”
Category: historic site
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.54316° or 52° 32′ 35″ north

Longitude

-6.9576° or 6° 57′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C4MG2VR+7X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11509031026

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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