Kilree Round Tower

Kilree Round Tower is a tower in Kilkenny, Leinster. Kilree Round Tower is situated nearby to the ruins Kilree Church Ruin, as well as near the cemetery Kilree Graveyard.

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kilree and Toberbride.

Kilree

Archaeological site

Photo: Harryreid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kilree is a former Christian monastery and national monument located in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

Toberbride

Spring

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Toberbride is a spring, which is situated 370 metres north of Kilree Round Tower.

Saint Kieran’s Well

Spring

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

Saint Kieran’s Well is a spring, which is situated 2 km east of Kilree Round Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kells and Dunnamaggin.

Kilkenny is the county town of County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population of 27,000 in 2022. At its core is the medieval city founded by the Normans, and in the 1640s it was effectively the capital of Ireland.

Dunnamaggin

Village

Dunnamaggin is a small village in the south County Kilkenny, Ireland, on the R699 road between Callan and Knocktopher, east of its intersection with the R697 between Kells and Kilmoganny. Dunnamaggin is situated 2½ km southwest of Kilree Round Tower.

Stoneyford

Village

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stoneyford, officially Stonyford is a small town in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It lies on the R713 road some 14 km south of Kilkenny City. Stoneyford is a part of the parish of Aghaviller in the Diocese of Ossory. Stoneyford is situated 3½ km northeast of Kilree Round Tower.

Kilree Round Tower

Type: Tourist attraction
Description: round tower at the former monastic site of Kilree, Co. Kilkenny
Categories: Irish round tower, national monument of Ireland, tower, building, tourism, and historic site
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.51827° or 52° 31′ 6″ north

Longitude

-7.26873° or 7° 16′ 7″ west

Wheelchair access

Open location code

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OpenStreetMap ID

way 223450165

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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Wikidata ID

Q131145337

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