St. Catherine’s Church and towerhouse

St. Catherine’s Church and towerhouse is a ruins in Kilkenny, Leinster. St. Catherine’s Church and towerhouse is situated nearby to the ruins Rathbeagh Castle, as well as near the spring St. Catherine’s Well.

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

Type: Ruins
Description: church and tower house ruin in the townland of Rathbeagh, Co. Kilkenny
Also known as: “Rathbeagh Church Ruin”, “Saint Catherine’s Church”, and “Saint Catherine’s Church ruin”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rathbeagh and Foulksrath Castle.

Rathbeagh

Archaeological site

Rathbeagh is a townland and hill on the River Nore in the parish of Lisdowney near Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The Irish language name is Rath Beithigh, meaning "rath of the birch trees". Rathbeagh is situated 290 metres southeast of St. Catherine’s Church and towerhouse.

Foulksrath Castle

Castle

Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Foulksrath Castle is a 14th-century Anglo-Norman tower house located in Jenkinstown in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

Saint Lachtain’s Well

Spring

Photo: A.-K. D., CC0.

Freshford is a village in the barony of Crannagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is 13 km north-west of Kilkenny city. The village is in a civil parish of the same name. Saint Lachtain’s Well is situated 4 km southwest of St. Catherine’s Church and towerhouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballyragget.

Ballyragget

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

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. Ballyragget is situated 4 km north of St. Catherine’s Church and towerhouse.

St. Catherine’s Church and towerhouse

Categories: church ruin, castle, tower house, church, building, and historic site
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.75469° or 52° 45′ 17″ north

Longitude

-7.34693° or 7° 20′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C4JQM33+V6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 756363775

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=church

Wikidata ID

Q126899367

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rathbeagh Castle and St. Catherine’s Well.

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