Bishops Wood
Bishops Wood is a forest in County Laois, Leinster. Bishops Wood is situated nearby to the locality O’Sullivan’s Island, as well as near the town Durrow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Durrow Church and Castle Durrow.
Castle Durrow
House
Photo: GunnerPoulsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castle Durrow is an 18th-century country house in Durrow, County Laois, Ireland. The house was built in the pre-Palladian design and formal gardens that were popular in the 18th century.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Durrow and Cullohill.
Durrow
Town
Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY 3.0.
Durrow is a village located in south-east County Laois, Ireland. Bypassed by the M8 motorway on 28 May 2010, the village is located on the R639 road at its junction with the N77.
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.
Ballacolla
Village
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Ballacolla, officially Ballycolla, is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It sits at the crossroads of the R433 and R434 regional roads, 8 km southwest of Abbeyleix and 4 km northeast of junction 3 of the M8 motorway.
Bishops Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8423° or 52° 50′ 32″ northLongitude
-7.4245° or 7° 25′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C4JRHRG+W6OpenStreetMap ID
way 67430061OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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