Leap Castle
Leap Castle is a castle in Roscrea, County Offaly, Ireland, about 6 kilometres north of the town of Roscrea and 10 kilometres south of Kinnitty on the R421.Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clareen and Brosna.
Clareen
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clareen is a village in the parish of Seir Kieran in County Offaly, Ireland. It is located 8 km east of Birr on the R421 regional road. The village is situated at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains. Clareen is situated 5 km north of Leap Castle.
Brosna
Hamlet
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Brosna is a small village and townland in County Offaly, Ireland. 7 km north-west of Roscrea, it lies in the valley of the Little Brosna River near the N62 road. Brosna is situated 7 km southwest of Leap Castle.
Roscrea
Photo: Steve Edge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roscrea is a town in County Tipperary, with a population of 5500 in 2022. It has several medieval buildings, notably the castle, and is also a good base for nearby sites across the county boundary in Offaly and Laois.
Leap Castle
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle
- Categories: castle, building, and historic site
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.02813° or 53° 1′ 41″ northLongitude
-7.80854° or 7° 48′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C5J25HR+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 881969392OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q833207
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Leap Castle” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Lip qalası”
- Basque: “Leap gaztelua”
- Czech: “Leap Castle”
- Danish: “Leap Castle”
- Dutch: “Leap Castle”
- French: “Chateau de Leap”
- French: “château de Leap”
- French: “Château de Leap”
- German: “Leap Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Léim Uí Bhánáin”
- Russian: “Замок Лип”
- Slovak: “Leap Castle”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Leap”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Ліп”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bergin’s Fort and Horan’s Wood.
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