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Kilkenny Union Workhouse Paupers' Remains

Kilkenny Union Workhouse Paupers' Remains from directly overhead

Kilkenny Union Workhouse Paupers' Remains is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Famine Memorial Garden, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
Herein lie the remains of 970 famine victims discovered at this Workhouse site in 2005. They were paupers of the Kilkenny Union Workhouse whose deaths occurred between August 1847 and March 1851. Their names were not recorded [...]

How to reach it

Coordinates52.65557, -7.24530

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks
  • Knockanbawn: 4.0 mi
  • Purcell's Kill: 4.5 mi
  • Castle Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Foyleatalure: 9.3 mi
  • Kyle Hill: 10.1 mi
Parks: 52
  • Peace Park: 0.3 mi
  • Riverside Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Watergate Urban Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kilkenny Castle Park: 0.4 mi
  • James's Green: 0.6 mi
Attractions: 40
Gardens: 28
Museums: 22
Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Castle View: 10.5 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 20.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 7.2 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Kilkenny Union Workhouse Paupers' Remains. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterE 97°794.4 m19.7 mi
Blackstairs MountainESE 112°732.1 m19.9 mi
SheegounaSW 220°553.5 m19.9 mi
KnockroeESE 103°538.77 m19.5 mi
SlievebawnE 93°524.8 m18.3 mi
Brandon HillSE 131°515 m15.2 mi
White MountainESE 121°509 m19.8 mi
KnockahunnaSW 222°502.8 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5718:42
June solstice05:0621:0121:57
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 node/5923021563

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