Peace Park

Peace Park is a memorial in Kilkenny, Leinster. Peace Park is situated nearby to the cemetery Saint Maul’s Graveyard, as well as near Green’s Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Green’s Bridge and Saint Maul’s Graveyard.

Green’s Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Stratoq, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Green's Bridge, or Greensbridge, is an elegant, Palladian-style, limestone arch bridge that crosses the river Nore in Kilkenny, Ireland. The bridge is a series of five elliptical arches of high-quality carved limestone masonry with a two-arch culvert to the east.

Saint Maul’s Graveyard

Cemetery

Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saint Maul’s Graveyard is a cemetery.

St. Francis Abbey

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Francis Abbey, also called Kilkenny Grey Friary, is a medieval Franciscan abbey and National Monument located in Kilkenny City, Ireland. St. Francis Abbey is situated 230 metres south of Peace Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Johnswell and Bennettsbridge.

Johnswell

Locality

Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Johnswell is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. On the village green is a powerful spring and well dedicated to John the Baptist which was traditionally the venue for a local "pattern" of note, while the moat north of the village was the site of St John's Eve bonfires. Johnswell is situated 7 km northeast of Peace Park.

Bennettsbridge

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Bennettsbridge is a village in County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on the River Nore 6 kilometres south of Kilkenny city, in the centre of the county. Bennettsbridge is situated 9 km southeast of Peace Park.

Peace Park

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “This area was declared a Peace Park by Kilkenny Corporation and was officially opened by Margaret Tynan on 12th June 1989.”
Category: historic site
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.65778° or 52° 39′ 28″ north

Longitude

-7.25243° or 7° 15′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C4JMP5X+42

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6939430387

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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