Killeen Ringfort

Killeen Ringfort is an archaeological site in Kilkenny, Leinster. Killeen Ringfort is situated nearby to the forest Killeen Fox Covert, as well as near the peak Foyleatalure.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pottlerath Church and Famine Warhouse 1848.

Pottlerath Church

Ruins

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

Pottlerath Church is a ruins, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Killeen Ringfort.

Famine Warhouse 1848, traditionally known as the Ballingarry Warhouse or The Widow McCormack's House, is an Irish farmhouse famous as the site of a skirmish in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, at which the Irish tricolour was flown for the first time. Famine Warhouse 1848 is situated 4 km west of Killeen Ringfort.

St Aidan’s Church

Church

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

St Aidan’s Church is situated 3 km east of Killeen Ringfort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballingarry and Coalbrook.

Ballingarry

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ballingarry is a village and civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. Ballingarry is one of 19 civil parishes in the barony of Slievardagh, and also the name of an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. Ballingarry is situated 7 km southwest of Killeen Ringfort.

Coalbrook

Hamlet

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Coalbrook is a village in the Slieveardagh Hills in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is just off the R690 road and is equidistant from Kilkenny, Cashel and Thurles, about 25 km from all three. Coalbrook is situated 8 km west of Killeen Ringfort.

Ballysloe

Hamlet

Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballysloe is a townland on the R689 regional road in County Tipperary. It is located 10 km south of Urlingford, County Kilkenny. Ballysloe is situated 10 km west of Killeen Ringfort.

Killeen Ringfort

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.62847° or 52° 37′ 43″ north

Longitude

-7.4682° or 7° 28′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C4JJGHJ+9P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 761452805

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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