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Farney Castle

Farney Castle, a historic site in Ireland
Farney Castle, a historic site in IrelandMike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0

Farney Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Mauherslieve stands 543 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Well, a spring 1.1 miles away.

The story

castle in Tipperary, County Tipperary, Ireland

Wikidata Q55029741, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.67191, -7.90102

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Black Well: 1.1 mi
  • Toberagh: 1.4 mi
  • Tobermore: 2.0 mi
  • Tobernataggert: 2.3 mi
  • Toberpatrick: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Moyaliff Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Knockane: 2.9 mi
  • Pallas Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Moher Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Killough Hill (site of): 5.1 mi
Parks: 26
  • Thurles Town Park: 3.9 mi
  • Hollyford Millennium Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Fethard Town Park: 16.4 mi
  • East Gate Park: 16.7 mi
  • Small Plots: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 20
Museums: 13
Gardens: 13
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 21.5 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 21.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Blessed Well: 22.7 mi
  • The Pollagh Trail: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Farney Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MauherslieveWNW 282°543 m12.3 mi
Devil's Bit MountainN 357°480 m10.3 mi
Cooneen HillWNW 302°467 m12.0 mi
CullaunW 269°460 m15.1 mi
GortagarryNNW 347°458 m9.8 mi
TooreenW 264°457 m9.8 mi
BenduffN 356°455 m13.3 mi
KnockfuneWNW 287°452 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5918:44
June solstice05:0821:0422:00
September equinox07:1818:4819:33
December solstice08:4215:1416:19

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/272963941

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