Artwork · Ireland
Protogonos
Protogonos is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is James's Walk, a park 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2010
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
Coordinates53.34004, -6.29490
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- James's Walk: 0.1 mi
- Weaver Park: 0.6 mi
- Bridgefoot Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Oscar Square: 0.7 mi
- Brickfield Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
- Festival in the Rain: 0.2 mi
- Blaith, Blaith, Blaith: 0.2 mi
- Rutland Obelisk: 0.3 mi
- Sacred Heart Statue: 0.4 mi
- Bustle Behind the Gate: 0.4 mi
Gardens
- Flanagan's Fields Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Formal Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Visual Culture Garden: 0.7 mi
- People's Garden: 0.8 mi
- Community garden: 1.1 mi
Attractions
- Pearse Lyons: 0.3 mi
- Guinness Storehouse: 0.4 mi
- The Formal Garden at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham: 0.4 mi
- Royal Hospital Kilmainham: 0.4 mi
- Saint James' Gate: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- Ludwig Wittgenstein: 0.6 mi
- Chapelizod Bypass: 0.6 mi
- Croppies Acre Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Executions of the leaders of the 1916 rising: 0.6 mi
- Jeanne (Lena) Saks: 0.7 mi
Springs
- St Catherine's Well: 2.5 mi
- Saint John's Well: 2.8 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 3.0 mi
- Rag Well: 3.9 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 4.5 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 5.8 mi
- Kilmashogue: 6.3 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 6.3 mi
- Slieve Gorra: 6.4 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 6.9 mi
Museums: 56
- Kilmainham Jail Museum: 0.6 mi
- Collins Barracks: 0.7 mi
- Asgard: 0.7 mi
- National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks: 0.7 mi
- The Riding School: 0.7 mi
Beaches: 29
- Sandymount Strand: 3.4 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 3.6 mi
- Merrion Strand: 4.1 mi
- Seapoint: 6.3 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- The Grove: 2.3 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 4.5 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 4.7 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Hawk Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Lover's Leap: 12.3 mi
- The Shaft: 14.1 mi
- Streaky Slab: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Toni's: 0.8 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Poplar Square: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 9.0 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 13.8 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 19.1 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 19.5 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Protogonos. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | S 188° | 757 m | 11.3 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 198° | 722.9 m | 10.7 mi |
| War Hill | S 173° | 684.8 m | 13.9 mi |
| Carrigvore | S 185° | 682.36 m | 14.5 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 203° | 647.3 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tonduff | S 175° | 642 m | 12.4 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 201° | 620.6 m | 11.4 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 199° | 617.1 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 21:00 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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