Forge Hill
Forge Hill is a locality in County Offaly, Leinster. Forge Hill is situated nearby to the locality Woodvile, as well as near Cookoo Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leviathan of Parsonstown and Birr Castle.
Leviathan of Parsonstown
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Leviathan of Parsonstown, or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 inches aperture, which was the largest telescope in the world from 1845 until the construction of the 100-inch Hooker Telescope in California in 1917. Leviathan of Parsonstown is situated 2½ km south of Forge Hill.
Birr Castle
Castle
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Birr Castle is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of the 7th Earl of Rosse and his family, and as such the castle is generally not open to the public, though the grounds and gardens of the demesne are publicly… Birr Castle is situated 2½ km south of Forge Hill.
John’s Hall
Museum
Photo: Brian Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
John's Hall, also known as Birr Town Hall is a municipal building in John's Mall, Birr, County Offaly, Ireland. The building is currently used by the Irish Heritage School as their lecturing and exhibition venue. John’s Hall is situated 2½ km south of Forge Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birr and Riverstown.
Birr
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Birr is a town in County Offaly in the Midlands of Ireland, with a population of 5741 in 2016. Birr is a well preserved Georgian town with graceful streets and elegant buildings.
Riverstown
Village
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Riverstown is a small village straddling the border between Counties Tipperary and Offaly on the outskirts of Birr in Ireland. It is mostly within the townland of Ballyloughnane, on the Tipperary side of the river. Riverstown is situated 4 km south of Forge Hill.
Crinkill
Village
Crinkill, sometimes spelt Crinkle, is a village in County Offaly, Ireland, close to Birr. Crinkill was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 682 people. Crinkill is situated 5 km south of Forge Hill.
Forge Hill
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.11926° or 53° 7′ 9″ northLongitude
-7.91851° or 7° 55′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C5J439J+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4368012367OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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