Rathkilmurry Ringfort
Rathkilmurry Ringfort is an archaeological site in County Laois, Leinster. Rathkilmurry Ringfort is situated nearby to the village Cullohill, as well as near the locality Galmoy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aghmacart Church and Cullahill Castle.
Aghmacart Church
Church
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aghmacart Church is situated 1¼ km northwest of Rathkilmurry Ringfort.
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 2 km east of Rathkilmurry Ringfort.
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
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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 Rathkilmurry Ringfort.
Rathdowney
Town
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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 8 km northwest of Rathkilmurry Ringfort.
Rathkilmurry Ringfort
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.81111° or 52° 48′ 40″ northLongitude
-7.49873° or 7° 29′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C4JRG62+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 695874994OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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