Octagon
Octagon is a climbing site in Kilkenny, Leinster. Octagon is situated nearby to the playground Elf Village, as well as near Discovery Park Lake.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Church of the Immaculate Conception.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary’s Church is situated 630 metres south of Octagon.
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Church
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Immaculate Conception is situated 1½ km southwest of Octagon.
Colliery Church
Church
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colliery Church is situated 4 km northeast of Octagon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlecomer and Crettyard.
Castlecomer
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2022 of 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the small rivers Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue.
Crettyard
Hamlet
Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crettyard is a hamlet in County Laois, Ireland. It is on the border with County Kilkenny, at the junction of the N78 and the R431 roads. Carlow town is 14 km to the east, and Kilkenny city is 22 km to the south. Crettyard is situated 6 km northeast of Octagon.
Newtown
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Newtown or Newtown Cross is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It is within the townlands of Clonbrock and Doonane. Newtown lies close to the border between Counties Laois and Kilkenny at the point where the R430 regional road from Abbeyleix to Carlow crosses the N78 from Kilkenny to Athy. Newtown is situated 8 km northeast of Octagon.
Octagon
- Type: Climbing site
- Category: sports location
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.81275° or 52° 48′ 46″ northLongitude
-7.2015° or 7° 12′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C4JRQ7X+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 1060115625OpenStreetMap feature
sport=climbing_adventure
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