Historic site · Ireland
Irishtown Cross

Irishtown Cross is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is High Hill Norman Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.39794, -6.93826
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Library Park: 0.3 mi
- Emigrant Park: 0.5 mi
- Pearse Park: 0.7 mi
- New Ross Harbour Board Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- Dobbyn's Field: 9.1 mi
Historic sites
- 1798 Monument: 0.3 mi
- O'Neill: 0.4 mi
- Crutched Friars: 0.5 mi
- Daubney Fountain: 0.7 mi
- Mountgarrett Castle: 1.0 mi
Springs
- Rag Well: 0.4 mi
- Brandon Well: 0.9 mi
- Toberkeagh: 1.2 mi
- Tobernacally: 1.5 mi
- Tobar Fhionntain: 2.4 mi
Artworks
- JFK Podium: 0.4 mi
- Small Things Like These: 0.5 mi
- The Emigrant Flame: 0.5 mi
- Hunter Monk: 9.5 mi
- Shepherd Monk: 9.5 mi
Attractions
- Dunbrody: 0.5 mi
- Dunbrody Famine Ship Visitor Centre: 0.5 mi
- Kennedy Homestead: 4.0 mi
- Dunbrody Abbey: 8.0 mi
- Dunbrody Abbey Visitor Centre: 8.0 mi
Peaks
- Camlin Hill: 2.1 mi
- Lacken Hill: 2.3 mi
- Partridge Hill: 3.2 mi
- Slievecoiltia: 4.1 mi
- Carrigvahanagh: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 32
- Arthurstown Beach: 10.8 mi
- Duncannon: 12.3 mi
- Raheen Strand: 12.8 mi
- Dromina Strand: 13.3 mi
- Booley Bay Beach: 13.7 mi
Gardens: 28
- High Hill Norman Garden: 0.2 mi
- Robert Emmet Memorial Garden: 4.9 mi
- Kilmokea Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Forge Masters Garden: 8.3 mi
- Community Garden: 10.0 mi
Museums: 19
- John F. Kennedy Arboretum Museum: 5.3 mi
- Woodstock Heritage Museum: 8.2 mi
- Irish Museum of Time: 11.9 mi
- Irish Silver Museum: 11.9 mi
- Medieval Museum: 11.9 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Thomastown Quarry: 12.8 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 13.4 mi
- Fiddown Island: 16.8 mi
- Fenor Bog: 20.1 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Castle View: 11.7 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Carricjmore Cliff: 13.5 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 24.3 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 11.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Irishtown Cross. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | NNE 24° | 794.4 m | 16.6 mi |
| Blackstairs Mountain | NNE 28° | 732.1 m | 11.8 mi |
| Moats of Craan | NNE 27° | 656.5 m | 17.2 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | NNE 30° | 599.6 m | 17.6 mi |
| Knockroe | NNE 25° | 538.77 m | 14.8 mi |
| Slievebawn | NNE 18° | 524.8 m | 17.5 mi |
| Brandon Hill | N 349° | 515 m | 7.9 mi |
| White Mountain | NNE 28° | 509 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:56 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 20:59 | 21:55 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:36 | 15:12 | 16:17 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/580006722
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