Castlecomer 38kV Substation

Castlecomer 38kV Substation is an electrical substation in Kilkenny, Leinster. Castlecomer 38kV Substation is situated nearby to the hamlet Crettyard, as well as near the village Newtown.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Colliery Church and Church Well.

Colliery Church

Church

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Colliery Church is situated 2½ km east of Castlecomer 38kV Substation.

Aughatubbrid, also known as Chatsworth, is a townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The townland, which has an area of approximately 6.63 square kilometres, is in the civil parish of Castlecomer. Church Well is situated 4 km north of Castlecomer 38kV Substation.

St Mary’s Church

Church

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St Mary’s Church is situated 3½ km south of Castlecomer 38kV Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castlecomer and Crettyard.

Castlecomer

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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

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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 4 km east of Castlecomer 38kV Substation.

Newtown

Village

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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 6 km northeast of Castlecomer 38kV Substation.

Castlecomer 38kV Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.8381° or 52° 50′ 17″ north

Longitude

-7.19212° or 7° 11′ 32″ west

Inception

1952

Operator

ESB Networks

Open location code

9C4JRRQ5+65

OpenStreetMap ID

way 463024136

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