Historic site · Ireland
Retrospect
Retrospect is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Kilclooney Mountain stands 792 m to the southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Allen, Larkin and O'Brien Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Do the feeble still venture to toddle To the quay, and sit down on a balk, And sun their old selves in the even', With the crows cawing loud in the trees? That's the spot, I think, outside of heaven, Where a heart wearied out would find ease.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.35218, -7.69489
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Allen, Larkin and O'Brien Monument: 0.1 mi
- 1798 Monument: 0.2 mi
- Mick Delahunty Square: 0.3 mi
- Frank Patterson: 0.3 mi
- John Hackett: 0.3 mi
Springs
- Toberaheena Well: 1.2 mi
- Graigue Well: 2.8 mi
- Halfpenny Well: 3.4 mi
- Lady's Well: 5.1 mi
- Muggia Well: 6.6 mi
Peaks
- Laheirke: 1.3 mi
- Scrouthea Hill: 1.4 mi
- Knockinadotha: 1.7 mi
- Long Hill: 2.0 mi
- Kilmacomma Hill: 2.2 mi
Attractions: 30
- Main Guard: 0.3 mi
- Crusader's Grave: 2.1 mi
- Swiss Cottage: 9.7 mi
- Caher Abbey: 10.0 mi
- Magic Road (start): 11.7 mi
Parks: 24
- Denis Burke Park: 0.1 mi
- Richard Mulcahy Town Park: 0.8 mi
- East Gate Park: 7.9 mi
- Fethard Town Park: 8.2 mi
- Inch Field: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 20
- Saint Brigid: 0.1 mi
- Saint Patrick: 2.5 mi
- Two Men in A Boat: 4.9 mi
- Sheela-na-gig: 7.8 mi
- Fatima: 7.9 mi
Museums: 13
- Tipperary Museum of Hidden History: 0.3 mi
- Fethard Horse Country Experience: 7.9 mi
- Heritage Centre: 11.9 mi
- Cashel Folk Musuem: 14.0 mi
- Portlaw Heritage Centre: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 11
- Gairdín Gharraí na Leadhb: 0.7 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 16.4 mi
- Fairy Garden: 17.4 mi
- Castle Garden: 17.8 mi
- Lismore Castle Formal Garden: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 10
- Stradbally Cove: 18.7 mi
- Ballydowane Cove: 19.6 mi
- Tra na mBo: 20.2 mi
- Bunmahon Strand: 20.3 mi
- Stage Cove: 20.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Mahon Valley: 9.9 mi
- Mahon Valley: 10.3 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 21.7 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 21.7 mi
- Eagles Step: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- The Prison Waterfall: 2.8 mi
- Mahon Falls: 10.3 mi
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 21.0 mi
- Ballard Waterfall: 22.3 mi
- Assaroula Waterfall: 23.2 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Garden of Renewal: 5.0 mi
- Kildanogue wildfowl sanctuary and nature reserve: 10.5 mi
- Fiddown Island: 16.0 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 22.8 mi
- Fenor Bog: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Mocollop Picnic Site: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Retrospect. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilclooney Mountain | SE 138° | 792 m | 9.9 mi |
| Carrignagower | SE 135° | 767 m | 8.7 mi |
| Knockanaffrin | SE 133° | 755 m | 6.5 mi |
| Curraghduff | SE 139° | 750.1 m | 9.1 mi |
| Coumfea | SE 146° | 741.9 m | 9.5 mi |
| Coumfea North Top | SE 143° | 728.3 m | 9.0 mi |
| Seefin | SSE 157° | 725.592 m | 10.4 mi |
| Knockaunapeebra | SE 141° | 724.4 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 17:59 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 21:01 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:16 | 16:20 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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