Old Tug of War Device
Old Tug of War Device is a historic site in County Tipperary, Munster. Old Tug of War Device is situated nearby to Garrykennedy Forest, as well as near the castle Garrykennedy tower house.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Garrykennedy tower house.
Garrykennedy tower house
Castle
Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garrykennedy tower house is a castle, which is situated 430 metres northeast of Old Tug of War Device.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portroe and Newtown.
Portroe
Village
Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portroe is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The village is located on the R494 regional road, 2km from the eastern shore of Lough Derg and 11km west of the town of Nenagh.
Newtown
Hamlet
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Newtown is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located on the R494 regional road 7 km west of Nenagh. As of the 2016 census, the population was 309. Newtown is situated 4½ km southeast of Old Tug of War Device.
Dromineer
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nenagh is a market town in County Tipperary, Ireland: in Irish it's Aonach Urmhumhan, the market Fair of Ormond. Tipperary was from 1838 divided into a north and south riding, but this was abolished in 2014, so Nenagh became the county town jointly with Clonmel and had a population in 2022 of 9900. Dromineer is situated 5 km northeast of Old Tug of War Device.
Old Tug of War Device
- Type: Sports location
- Inscription: “An old tug of war practising device used like a pulley.”
- Categories: historic site and monument
- Location: County Tipperary, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.90222° or 52° 54′ 8″ northLongitude
-8.3492° or 8° 20′ 57″ westElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
9C4HWM22+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 7395993223OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
sport=tug-of-war
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Garrykennedy Forest and Coppermines.
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