Birchpark Wood
Birchpark Wood is a forest in County Offaly, Leinster. Birchpark Wood is situated nearby to the locality Skeagh Bridge, as well as near Tinnekill Lock.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tinnakill Castle (ruins).
Tinnakill Castle (ruins)
Ruins
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Tinnakill Castle, also known as Tynekill, is a ruined medieval tower house in the parish of Coolbanagher, in the Barony of Portnahinch, County Laois in Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountmellick and Portarlington.
Mountmellick
Photo: Trenchspike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mountmellick is a town in County Laois, with a population of about 4900 in 2022. It's difficult to believe that this small place was once a large industrial town: English Quakers settled in the 17th century and founded breweries, a distillery, woollen mills, cotton, tanneries and glassworks.
Portarlington
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Portarlington is a town in County Laois, with a population of 9300 in 2022. Locally it's referred to as "Port", but so too is nearby Portlaoise, so that term isn't used here.
Emo
Village
Photo: sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Emo is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It is located near Portlaoise on the R422 regional road just off the M7 Dublin–Limerick motorway.
Birchpark Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.139° or 53° 8′ 20″ northLongitude
-7.2637° or 7° 15′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C5J4PQP+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 980369491OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Satellite Map
Discover Birchpark Wood from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Skeagh Bridge and Tinnekill Lock.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cloneyhurke Graveyard and Cloneyhurke Church.
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