Grotto
Grotto is a wayside shrine in County Waterford, Munster. Grotto is situated nearby to Portlaw Library, as well as near the town hall Waterford City and County Council, Suir Area Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Curraghmore and Pollrone Church.
Curraghmore
Castle
Photo: MainlyTwelve, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Curraghmore near Portlaw, County Waterford, Ireland, is a historic house and estate and the seat of the Marquess of Waterford. The estate was part of the grant of land made to Sir Roger le Puher by Henry II in 1177 after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. Curraghmore is situated 2½ km west of Grotto.
Pollrone Church
Ruins
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pollrone Church is a ruins, which is situated 3 km east of Grotto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portlaw and Riverquarter.
Portlaw
Town
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portlaw is a town in County Waterford, Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. It is 14 km west of Waterford city, where the Clodiagh meets the Suir.
Riverquarter
Hamlet
Riverquarter is a small hamlet in the south of Kilkenny in Southeast Ireland. Within the townland of Clonmore, it is part of the Catholic parish and electoral district of Mooncoin. Riverquarter is situated 3½ km northeast of Grotto.
Mooncoin
Town
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterford is a city in County Waterford in the south of Ireland. Founded over 1100 years ago, it's famous for its fine glassware, though the glassworks has closed down and Waterford Crystal is nowadays made abroad. Mooncoin is situated 4½ km east of Grotto.
Grotto
- Type: Wayside shrine
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Category: historic site
- Location: County Waterford, Munster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.28779° or 52° 17′ 16″ northLongitude
-7.31969° or 7° 19′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C4J7MQJ+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 523222351OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_shrineOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
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