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JP Donleavy cottage ruins

JP Donleavy cottage ruins from directly overhead

JP Donleavy cottage ruins is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Glenroe Farm, a attraction 0.4 miles away.

J. P. Donleavy Writer and Artist Wrote The Ginger Man while living with his wife Valerie at the cottage here from 1948 to 1951. Born 23 April 1926 in New York City to Irish immigrants. Came to Ireland as a student at Trinity College.Died 11 September 2017

How to reach it

Coordinates53.10920, -6.05191

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Upper Green: 0.6 mi
  • Burnaby Park: 2.4 mi
  • Sea Front: 2.8 mi
  • Darcy's Field: 3.3 mi
  • Ballywaltrim Park: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
  • Gallows Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Downs Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Kindlestown Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Knockdauy: 4.3 mi
  • Mount Kennedy: 4.5 mi
Artworks
  • Emer: 2.5 mi
  • Je suis l'Immaculée Conception: 5.4 mi
  • Panorama: 6.8 mi
  • Wound: 6.9 mi
  • Lord Shiva: 6.9 mi
Springs: 37
Beaches: 32
  • Leamore Strand: 1.8 mi
  • Greystones South Beach: 2.4 mi
  • The Cove: 2.8 mi
  • North Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Naylor's Cove: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves: 21
  • East Coast Nature Reserve: 2.9 mi
  • Carrigower Bog: 4.6 mi
  • Carrigower Bog: 5.2 mi
  • The Bog Meadow: 7.8 mi
  • Ballyman Glen: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 21
Waterfalls: 10
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hawk Cliff: 11.2 mi
  • Toni's: 19.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of JP Donleavy cottage ruins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KippureWNW 292°757 m12.5 mi
DjouceW 281°725.5 m7.9 mi
GravaleW 275°719.004 m12.4 mi
War HillWNW 284°684.8 m8.6 mi
CarrigvoreW 277°682.36 m11.4 mi
TonduffWNW 292°642 m9.6 mi
ScarrWSW 251°641 m11.4 mi
White HillW 275°631.1 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2817:5118:37
June solstice04:5820:5821:55
September equinox07:1018:4019:25
December solstice08:3715:0216:09

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5894133806

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