Ballyfoyle Castle

Ballyfoyle Castle is a ruins in Kilkenny, Leinster. Ballyfoyle Castle is situated nearby to the archaeological site Ballyfoyle Moat, as well as near Killavoge Church site.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Joseph’s Church and Dunmore Cave.

St Joseph’s Church

Church

Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Joseph’s Church is situated 1 km west of Ballyfoyle Castle.

Dunmore Cave

Cave

Photo: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dunmore Cave is a limestone solutional cave in Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is formed in Lower Carboniferous limestone of the Clogrenan Formation. Dunmore Cave is situated 2½ km northwest of Ballyfoyle Castle.

Trinity Well

Spring

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

Trinity Well is a spring, which is situated 3½ km west of Ballyfoyle Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Johnswell and Castlewarren.

Johnswell

Locality

Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Johnswell is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. On the village green is a powerful spring and well dedicated to John the Baptist which was traditionally the venue for a local "pattern" of note, while the moat north of the village was the site of St John's Eve bonfires. Johnswell is situated 4 km southeast of Ballyfoyle Castle.

Castlewarren

Village

Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castlewarren, previously known as Buile, is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland, located some 4 kilometres north of the N10 national primary road at Flagmount. Castlewarren is situated 8 km east of Ballyfoyle Castle.

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.

Ballyfoyle Castle

Type: Ruins
Categories: castle, building, and historic site
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.72026° or 52° 43′ 13″ north

Longitude

-7.22068° or 7° 13′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C4JPQCH+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 696526099

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

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