Plunketstown Upper
Plunketstown Upper is a locality in County Kildare, Leinster. Plunketstown Upper is situated nearby to the locality Corballis Cross Roads, as well as near Plunketstown Lower.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castledermot Round Tower and Castledermot Abbey.
Castledermot Round Tower
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Castledermot Round Tower is a 10th-century round tower in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland. The tower, and the high crosses nearby, are a National Monument. Castledermot Round Tower is situated 3 km west of Plunketstown Upper.
Castledermot Abbey
Ruins
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Castledermot Abbey is a ruined Franciscan friary in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland. It was founded at some point before 1247. A previous monastery had been founded on the same site by Diarmait, a son of Áed Róin, King of Ulster, in the ninth century AD. Castledermot Abbey is situated 3 km southwest of Plunketstown Upper.
Saint John’s Tower
Ruins
Saint John's Tower, also called the Pigeon Tower, is a tower in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland. A former bell tower, it is all that remains of a medieval leper hospital and is a National Monument. Saint John’s Tower is situated 3 km west of Plunketstown Upper.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castledermot and Moone.
Castledermot
Town
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Castledermot is an inland town in the south-east of Ireland in County Kildare, about 75 km from Dublin, and 10 km from the town of Carlow. The N9 road from Dublin to Waterford previously passed through the village but upon completion of a motorway bypass in 2010, it was re-designated the R448. Castledermot is situated 3 km west of Plunketstown Upper.
Moone
Village
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Moone is a small village in the south of County Kildare, Ireland. It is on the former N9 road about 60 km south of Dublin. It has only a few hundred inhabitants, a church, a national school, one shop and a small community centre. Moone is situated 6 km north of Plunketstown Upper.
Baltinglass
Town
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Baltinglass, historically known as Baltinglas, is a town in south-west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney near the border with County Carlow and County Kildare, on the N81 road. The town is in a civil parish of the same name. Baltinglass is situated 6 km east of Plunketstown Upper.
Plunketstown Upper
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.91977° or 52° 55′ 11″ northLongitude
-6.7962° or 6° 47′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C4MW693+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3344056627OpenStreetMap feature
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