Bucks Well
Bucks Well is a spring in Kilkenny, Leinster. Access is restricted and requires permission. Bucks Well is situated nearby to the police station Castlecomer Garda Station, as well as near Church of the Immaculate Conception.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Immaculate Conception and St Mary’s Church.
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Church
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Immaculate Conception is situated 180 metres northwest of Bucks Well.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary’s Church is situated 1 km northeast of Bucks Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlecomer and Crettyard.
Castlecomer
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2016 of about 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue small rivers.
Crettyard
Hamlet
Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crettyard is a hamlet in County Laois, Ireland. It is on the border with County Kilkenny, at the junction of the N78 and the R431 roads. Carlow town is 14 km to the east, and Kilkenny city is 22 km to the south. Crettyard is situated 7 km northeast of Bucks Well.
Ballyragget
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2016 of about 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue small rivers. Ballyragget is situated 8 km west of Bucks Well.
Bucks Well
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Spring
- Category: body of water
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.80069° or 52° 48′ 3″ northLongitude
-7.20983° or 7° 12′ 35″ westNamed after
‘doing the bucks’ meant doing the laundry in this area, bucks being derived from Irish bó-ac (cow-dung) which was used in bleaching linen.Open location code
9C4JRQ2R+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 12120366500OpenStreetMap feature
natural=spring
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