Market Cross
Market Cross is a historic site in Kilkenny, Leinster. Market Cross is situated nearby to the ruins St. Kieran’s Church, as well as near the cemetery Kells Graveyard.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Kieran’s Church and Water Tower.
Water Tower
Ruins
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Water Tower is a ruins, which is situated 280 metres north of Market Cross.
Lacken Well
Spring
Photo: Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lacken Well is a spring, which is situated 1 km northwest of Market Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kells and Stoneyford.
Kells
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kilkenny is the county town of County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population of 27,000 in 2022. At its core is the medieval city founded by the Normans, and in the 1640s it was effectively the capital of Ireland.
Stoneyford
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoneyford, officially Stonyford is a small town in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It lies on the R713 road some 14 km south of Kilkenny City. Stoneyford is a part of the parish of Aghaviller in the Diocese of Ossory. Stoneyford is situated 2½ km east of Market Cross.
Dunnamaggin
Village
Dunnamaggin is a small village in the south County Kilkenny, Ireland, on the R699 road between Callan and Knocktopher, east of its intersection with the R697 between Kells and Kilmoganny. Dunnamaggin is situated 4½ km southwest of Market Cross.
Market Cross
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.53625° or 52° 32′ 11″ northLongitude
-7.2684° or 7° 16′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C4JGPPJ+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 5851380580OpenStreetMap feature
historic=market_cross
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