Folly
Folly is a shelter in Kilkenny, Leinster. Folly is situated nearby to the peak Chapel Rock, as well as near Windgap Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rossaneny Graveyard and Church ruin and Knockroe Passage Tomb.
Rossaneny Graveyard and Church ruin
Cemetery
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rossaneny Graveyard and Church ruin is a cemetery, which is situated 730 metres north of Folly.
Knockroe Passage Tomb
Archaeological site
Photo: Laurel Lodged, Public domain.
Knockroe Passage Tomb is a prehistoric site, of the Neolithic period, in the townland of Knockroe in County Kilkenny, Ireland, about 10 km north of Carrick-on-Suir. Knockroe Passage Tomb is situated 3½ km south of Folly.
Saint Nicholas’s Well
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Nicholas’s Well is a spring, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Folly.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windgap and Ninemilehouse.
Windgap
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Windgap, is a village in County Kilkenny, in Ireland. Windgap is located in the south-western part of Kilkenny on the border with Tipperary, just south of Callan.
Ninemilehouse
Hamlet
Ninemilehouse, historically called Killcullen is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It lies on the N76 national secondary road at its junction with the R690 regional road. Ninemilehouse is situated 4 km west of Folly.
Kilmaganny
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilmoganny is a small village in the County Kilkenny in the south-east of Ireland. Saint Mogeanna was an Irish virgin whose feast day in the Irish Calendar of Saints is 29 January. Kilmaganny is situated 5 km east of Folly.
Folly
- Type: Shelter
- Category: building
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.46229° or 52° 27′ 44″ northLongitude
-7.40099° or 7° 24′ 4″ westLevels
1Open location code
9C4JFH6X+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 1374798193OpenStreetMap feature
building=shelter
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