Taghadoe Round Tower

Taghadoe Round Tower is a ruins in County Kildare, Leinster. Taghadoe Round Tower is situated nearby to the ruins Taghadoe Church, as well as near the forest Maguire’s Wood.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Taghadoe and Maynooth railway station.

Taghadoe

Cemetery

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Taghadoe in County Kildare in Ireland is the site of an ancient monastic settlement and round tower. The site includes a graveyard and the ruins of a 19th-century church.

Maynooth railway station

Railway station

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Maynooth railway station serves the town of Maynooth in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is a key exchange station on the Dublin to Maynooth commuter services, Dublin to Mullingar/Longford long-distance commuter service and Dublin to Sligo InterCity service. Maynooth railway station is situated 3 km northeast of Taghadoe Round Tower.

Maynooth Castle

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Maynooth Castle is a ruined castle in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University. Constructed in the early 13th century, it became the primary residence of the Kildare Fitzmaurice and Fitzgerald family. Maynooth Castle is situated 3½ km north of Taghadoe Round Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maynooth and Straffan.

Maynooth

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Maynooth is a town in County Kildare, 30 km west of Dublin. Maigh Nuad means the plain of Nuadha, the mythical king who lost his arm in battle, was fitted with a silver one, then grew back his own.

Straffan

Village

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Straffan is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of 1,158, an over three-fold increase since the 2002 census. Straffan is situated 4½ km south of Taghadoe Round Tower.

Celbridge

Town

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Celbridge is a town and townland on the River Liffey in County Kildare, Ireland. It is 23 km west of Dublin. Both a local centre and a commuter town within the Greater Dublin Area, it is located at the intersection of the R403 and R405 regional roads. Celbridge is situated 5 km east of Taghadoe Round Tower.

Taghadoe Round Tower

Type: Ruins
Description: Irish round tower
Categories: Irish round tower, building, and historic site
Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.35321° or 53° 21′ 12″ north

Longitude

-6.61315° or 6° 36′ 47″ west

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Open location code

9C5M993P+7P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 862227185

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=round_tower

Wikidata ID

Q30246976

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In Other Languages

“Taghadoe Round Tower” goes by many names.

Irish: “Clogás Tigh Tua”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Taghadoe Church and Maguire’s Wood.

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