Aghmacart Cross

Aghmacart Cross is a locality in County Laois, Leinster. Aghmacart Cross is situated nearby to the locality Aghmacart Bridge, as well as near Maynebog Bridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aghmacart Church and Cullahill Castle.

Aghmacart Church

Church

Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cullahill Castle was the principal stronghold of the MacGillapatricks of Upper Ossory built around 1425 and destroyed around 1650. Cullahill Castle takes its name from an ancient forest that covered Cullahill Mountain and extended down to Cullahill village. Cullahill Castle is situated 2½ km east of Aghmacart Cross.

Cullahill Castle chapel

Ruins

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

Cullahill Castle chapel is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cullohill and Galmoy.

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.

Galmoy

Locality

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Galmoy is a village in the barony of Galmoy, County Kilkenny in the southeastern part of the midlands of Ireland. It is located on the Kilkenny–Laois border, between the villages of Cullohill and Johnstown. Galmoy is situated 5 km southwest of Aghmacart Cross.

Rathdowney

Town

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Rathdowney or Rathdowny is a small town in southwest County Laois, Ireland. It lies some 32 km southwest of Portlaoise in the Irish Midlands, at the point where the R433 regional road from Abbeyleix to Templemore is crossed by the R435 from Borris-in-Ossory to Johnstown. Rathdowney is situated 6 km northwest of Aghmacart Cross.

Aghmacart Cross

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Aghmacart Cross Roads”
Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.82302° or 52° 49′ 23″ north

Longitude

-7.50775° or 7° 30′ 28″ west

Open location code

9C4JRFFR+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14210461464

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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