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Castle Connell

Castle Connell is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Keeper Hill stands 692 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mick Mackey Statue, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

The story

Castle Connell (Irish: Caisleán Uí Chonaill) was a castle on the banks of the River Shannon in the village of Castleconnell, approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) from the city of Limerick, Ireland.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5050036, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.71225, -8.50376

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Doonass Folly: 0.9 mi
  • Mountshannon House: 2.2 mi
  • Castle Troy: 3.1 mi
  • Jackie Power: 3.3 mi
  • Annagh Church (ruin): 3.3 mi
Springs
Peaks
Parks: 45
  • Newport Town Park: 4.0 mi
  • Silver Brook: 5.2 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 5.2 mi
  • The Woods: 5.7 mi
  • Ros Mor: 5.8 mi
Attractions: 34
  • Old Pump: 2.8 mi
  • parking na O'Briena bridge: 2.8 mi
  • The Capstan: 2.8 mi
  • Inishlosky Church: 3.1 mi
  • Inishlosky Island: 3.1 mi
Artworks: 24
Gardens: 14
Museums: 12
Nature reserves: 4
  • The Pollagh Trail: 4.7 mi
  • Coonagh Nature: 8.9 mi
  • Blessed Well: 14.9 mi
  • Post Office Field: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Yurty's Couch: 3.6 mi
  • White Sands: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Castle Connell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keeper HillENE 75°691.6 m10.5 mi
MauherslieveE 91°543 m13.2 mi
MoylussaN 355°531.6 m8.4 mi
CragnamurraghNNW 346°526 m8.0 mi
Silvermine Mountains W TopENE 65°489 m10.9 mi
Silvermine Mountains E TopENE 67°479 m11.5 mi
Cooneen HillENE 76°467 m15.4 mi
CullaunESE 107°460 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0118:47
June solstice05:1021:0622:03
September equinox07:2018:5019:35
December solstice08:4415:1616:21

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/371866047

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