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Assembly Rooms

Assembly Rooms from directly overhead

Assembly Rooms is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bianconi Archway, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
c.1700. Social club established locally for wealthy members. This site is famed for the abduction of two young heiresses the Kennedy sisters in 1779.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.54138, -6.95581

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Springs
Peaks
Parks
  • Kilfane Glen & Waterfall: 5.7 mi
  • Cois Bearbha: 6.2 mi
  • Goresbridge Community Park: 6.4 mi
  • Jerpoint Park: 8.9 mi
  • Library Park: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 57
Gardens: 29
Museums: 25
Beaches: 10
  • Arthurstown Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Duncannon: 22.3 mi
  • Raheen Strand: 22.7 mi
  • Dromina Strand: 23.2 mi
  • Booley Bay Beach: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Castle View: 7.2 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 3
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 19.2 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 19.2 mi
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Assembly Rooms. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterNE 54°794.4 m9.1 mi
Blackstairs MountainE 85°732.1 m6.3 mi
Moats of CraanENE 57°656.5 m10.1 mi
Black Rock MountainENE 61°599.6 m10.9 mi
KnockroeENE 63°538.77 m7.7 mi
SlievebawnNE 42°524.8 m9.1 mi
Brandon HillSSW 199°515 m2.3 mi
White MountainESE 117°509 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3217:5518:41
June solstice05:0520:5921:55
September equinox07:1418:4419:29
December solstice08:3715:1116:16

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8724974824

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