Aghmacart Church
Aghmacart Church is a church in County Laois, Leinster. Aghmacart Church is situated nearby to the village Cullohill, as well as near the locality Galmoy.Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: Church of Ireland church building in County Laois, Ireland
- Also known as: “Aughmacart Church (C of I)” and “St Tighernagh’s”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cullahill Castle and Glashare Castle.
Cullahill Castle
Ruins
Cullahill Castle was the principal stronghold of the MacGillapatricks of Upper Ossory built around 1425 and destroyed around 1650. Cullahill Castle takes its name from an ancient forest that covered Cullahill Mountain and extended down to Cullahill village. Cullahill Castle is situated 2½ km east of Aghmacart Church.
Glashare Castle
Ruins
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glashare Castle is a ruins, which is situated 3½ km south of Aghmacart Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cullohill and Galmoy.
Cullohill
Village
Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois in the midlands of Ireland, with a population of 1770 in 2016. The abbey was Cistercian, founded in 1183 in the valley of the River Nore, and the original settlement grew up around it.
Galmoy
Locality
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Galmoy is a village in the barony of Galmoy, County Kilkenny in the southeastern part of the midlands of Ireland. It is located on the Kilkenny–Laois border, between the villages of Cullohill and Johnstown. Galmoy is situated 5 km southwest of Aghmacart Church.
Rathdowney
Town
Photo: Pauly3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rathdowney or Rathdowny is a small town in southwest County Laois, Ireland. It lies some 32 km southwest of Portlaoise in the Irish Midlands, at the point where the R433 regional road from Abbeyleix to Templemore is crossed by the R435 from Borris-in-Ossory to Johnstown. Rathdowney is situated 6 km northwest of Aghmacart Church.
Aghmacart Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.82057° or 52° 49′ 14″ northLongitude
-7.51008° or 7° 30′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C4JRFCQ+6XOpenStreetMap ID
way 576338719OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q55050508
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