Grotto

Grotto is a wayside shrine in Kilkenny, Leinster. Grotto is situated nearby to the stone The Rock, as well as near the spring Lady’s Well.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lady’s Well and Duiske Abbey.

Lady’s Well

Spring

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Lady’s Well is a spring, which is situated 180 metres east of Grotto.

Duiske Abbey National Monument, also known as Graiguenamanagh Abbey, is a 13th-century Cistercian monastery situated in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny in Ireland. Duiske Abbey is situated 310 metres east of Grotto.

Keating’s Well

Spring

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

Keating’s Well is a spring, which is situated 200 metres northeast of Grotto.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Graignamanagh and St Mullin’s.

Graignamanagh

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Graignamanagh is a village on the River Barrow, which forms the eastern boundary of County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland. Gráig na Manach means "village of the monks" and refers to Duiske Abbey which is the place's main attraction.

St Mullin’s

Village

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St Mullins is a village, civil parish and townland on the eastern bank of the River Barrow in the south of County Carlow, Ireland. A smaller part of the civil parish is in County Wexford. The village is 10 km north of New Ross, near the R729 road. St Mullin’s is situated 6 km south of Grotto.

Borris

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Borris is a village in the south of County Carlow, with a population in 2016 of 652. The main reasons to visit are for events at Borris House and for hiking in the Blackstairs mountains.

Grotto

Type: Wayside shrine
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Category: historic site
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.54084° or 52° 32′ 27″ north

Longitude

-6.95936° or 6° 57′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C4MG2RR+87

OpenStreetMap ID

way 93058893

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=wayside_shrine

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

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