Brophys of the Post

Brophys of the Post is an archaeological site in Kilkenny, Leinster. Brophys of the Post is situated nearby to Barrow Rangers GAA, as well as near Paulstown Boxing Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St John’s Church and Shankill Castle Lodge.

St John’s Church

Church

Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St John’s Church is situated 1 km northeast of Brophys of the Post.

Shankill Castle Lodge

House

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

Shankill Castle Lodge is a house, which is situated 670 metres northeast of Brophys of the Post.

Kellymount graveyard

Cemetery

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

Kellymount graveyard is a cemetery, which is situated 2½ km west of Brophys of the Post.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paulstown and Royal Oak.

Paulstown

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Paulstown is a small village in County Kilkenny in Ireland. Paulstown is located at the junction of the N9 and N10 National primary roads. It is 21 km south of Carlow and 19 km east of Kilkenny.

Royal Oak

Village

Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Royal Oak is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is on the west side of the River Barrow, across from Bagenalstown, and is off the former N9 road. It is not in or a part of Bagenalstown. Royal Oak is within the townland of Clorusk. Royal Oak is situated 3½ km northeast of Brophys of the Post.

Bagenalstown

Photo: VisionsofthePast, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Muine Bheag, meaning "small thicket", is the official name of the town known in English as Bagenalstown. It's in County Carlow and in 2022 it had a population of 3000.

Brophys of the Post

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.6831° or 52° 40′ 59″ north

Longitude

-7.02583° or 7° 1′ 33″ west

Open location code

9C4JMXMF+6M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8632787271

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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