Crettyard
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.Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Longory’s Well and Colliery Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtown and Castlecomer.
Newtown
Village
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Newtown or Newtown Cross is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It is within the townlands of Clonbrock and Doonane. Newtown lies close to the border between Counties Laois and Kilkenny at the point where the R430 regional road from Abbeyleix to Carlow crosses the N78 from Kilkenny to Athy. Newtown is situated 2½ km northeast of Crettyard.
Castlecomer
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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.
Bilboa
Hamlet
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Bilboa is a settlement located on the boundaries of counties Carlow, Laois and Kilkenny in Ireland. A bridge, a short distance from the village and built c. 1800, is known as the 'Three Counties Bridge'. Bilboa is situated 8 km southeast of Crettyard.
Crettyard
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: town in Leinster, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8425° or 52° 50′ 33″ northLongitude
-7.13065° or 7° 7′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C4JRVV9+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 2580056088OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q4240511
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Crettyard” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Crettyard”
- Dutch: “Crettyard”
- Irish: “Crochta Ard”
- Russian: “Креттиард”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Crettyard Post Office and St. Abhan’s Church.
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