Hamilton’s Tower

Hamilton’s Tower is a historic building in Limerick, Munster. Hamilton’s Tower is situated nearby to Glin playground, as well as near the swimming area Glin Pier.

Type: Historic building
Description: folly in Glin, County Limerick, Ireland
Also known as: “Hamilton’s tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glin Castle.

Glin Castle

Castle

Photo: Garry Dickinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glin Castle is a Georgian country house and protected structure located along the River Shannon in Glin, County Limerick, Ireland. It was built in the late 18th century to replace an earlier tower house of the same name.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glin and Labasheeda.

Glin

Village

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glin is a village in the northwest of County Limerick, Ireland. It is on the south shore of the River Shannon's estuary, on the N69 road between Foynes and Tarbert. The population of the village at the 2022 census was 644.

Labasheeda

Village

Photo: The Banner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Labasheeda is a village in the parish of Kilmurry McMahon in County Clare, Ireland. The village is set on a peninsula on the banks of the Shannon estuary. Labasheeda is situated 6 km northeast of Hamilton’s Tower.

Tarbert

Town

Tarbert is a village in the north of County Kerry, with woodland to the south and the Shannon estuary to the north. It lies on the N69 coast road that runs along the estuary from Limerick before turning inland at Tarbert towards Listowel. Tarbert is situated 6 km west of Hamilton’s Tower.

Hamilton’s Tower

Categories: folly, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Limerick, Munster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.57344° or 52° 34′ 24″ north

Longitude

-9.28434° or 9° 17′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C4GHPF8+97

OpenStreetMap ID

way 813618963

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

Wikidata ID

Q55046943

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