Knocka Castle

Knocka Castle is a ruins in County Tipperary, Munster. Knocka Castle is situated nearby to the ruins Sandymount Castle, as well as near the forest Morris’s Grove.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Templemore and Templemore Town Hall.

Templemore

Railway station

Photo: Christopher2010xxx, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Templemore railway station is a mainline railway station situated 2 km from the town of Templemore, Ireland. The station is on the Dublin-Cork railway line. Templemore is situated 3½ km east of Knocka Castle.

Templemore Town Hall

Government building

Photo: patrick connolly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Templemore Town Hall, is a municipal building in Main Street, Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland. As of May 2023, it was being converted into a library and enterprise and cultural centre. Templemore Town Hall is situated 3 km northeast of Knocka Castle.

Loughmoe Castle

Ruins

Photo: Rigger30, Public domain.

Loughmoe Castle is a ruined castle in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is by Loughmore village, 5 km south of Templemore. The castle was the ancestral home of the Purcell family, the Barons of Loughmoe. Loughmoe Castle is situated 4 km southeast of Knocka Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drom and Loughmore.

Drom

Village

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Drom is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located just off the main Borrisoleigh to Templemore road. Its population was 129 at the 2006 census.

Loughmore

Village

Photo: Rigger30, Public domain.

Loughmore, officially Loughmoe, is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The village is best known for Loughmoe Castle, seat of the Barons of Loughmoe. Loughmore is situated 3½ km southeast of Knocka Castle.

Killea

Hamlet

Killea is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The village lies off the N62 road, 5 km from Templemore. It is one of eleven civil parishes in the historical barony of Ikerrin. Killea is situated 5 km north of Knocka Castle.

Knocka Castle

Type: Ruins
Categories: castle, building, and historic site
Location: County Tipperary, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.77846° or 52° 46′ 43″ north

Longitude

-7.87069° or 7° 52′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C4JQ4HH+9P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1058089641

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sandymount Castle and Boney Hill.

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