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Ballyfoyle Castle

Ballyfoyle Castle from directly overhead

Ballyfoyle Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ballyfoyle Active Retirement Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away.

Used to be owned by John Thomas Coghill around 1816.

The story

townland in Kilkieran, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Wikidata Q104265591, matched on coordinates and name (660 m apart).

How to reach it

Coordinates52.72026, -7.22072

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Purcell's Kill: 0.9 mi
  • Knockanbawn: 5.6 mi
  • Castle Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Nale's Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Ballynalacken Hill: 7.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Parks: 52
  • Kilkenny Countryside Park: 2.6 mi
  • Richmond swimming area: 3.3 mi
  • Pococke Park: 3.8 mi
  • Nore Linear Park: 4.1 mi
  • Peace Park: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 36
Gardens: 27
Museums: 22
Picnic sites: 3
  • Castle View: 14.2 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 10.7 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 10.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Ballyfoyle Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterESE 111°794.4 m19.8 mi
Moats of CraanESE 109°656.5 m20.7 mi
KnockroeESE 116°538.77 m20.0 mi
SlievebawnESE 108°524.8 m18.1 mi
Brandon HillSE 144°515 m17.8 mi
CarrigalachanSE 129°463 m20.8 mi
CroaghaunESE 101°455.5 m19.4 mi
CroghanSE 143°365 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5618:42
June solstice05:0521:0121:58
September equinox07:1518:4519:30
December solstice08:3915:1116:16

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/696526099

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