Shepherd Monk
Shepherd Monk is a work of art in Kilkenny, Leinster. Shepherd Monk is situated nearby to the ruins Tinnahinch Castle, as well as near Saint Michael’s Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tinnahinch Castle and Saint Michael’s Church.
Tinnahinch Castle
Ruins
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tinnahinch Castle is a ruined tower house located near River Barrow in Tinnahinch, County Carlow, Ireland. It has a rectangular structure with a stair tower at the southwest angle, a machicolation between the angles of the two towers protecting the doorway, and a bartizan on the north east angle. Tinnahinch Castle is situated 440 metres northeast of Shepherd Monk.
Saint Michael’s Church
Ruins
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Michael’s Church is a ruins, which is situated 480 metres east of Shepherd Monk.
Duiske Abbey
Church
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Duiske Abbey National Monument, also known as Graiguenamanagh Abbey, is a 13th-century Cistercian monastery situated in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny in Ireland. Duiske Abbey is situated 1 km northeast of Shepherd Monk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Graignamanagh and St Mullin’s.
Graignamanagh
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Graignamanagh is a village on the River Barrow, which forms the eastern boundary of County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland. Gráig na Manach means "village of the monks" and refers to Duiske Abbey which is the place's main attraction.
St Mullin’s
Village
Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mullins is a village, civil parish and townland on the eastern bank of the River Barrow in the south of County Carlow, Ireland. A smaller part of the civil parish is in County Wexford. The village is 10 km north of New Ross, near the R729 road. St Mullin’s is situated 6 km southeast of Shepherd Monk.
Borris
Photo: sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borris is a village in the south of County Carlow, with a population in 2016 of 652. The main reasons to visit are for events at Borris House and for hiking in the Blackstairs mountains.
Shepherd Monk
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Category: tourism
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.53485° or 52° 32′ 6″ northLongitude
-6.96205° or 6° 57′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C4MG2MQ+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 7914984795OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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