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Robert Emmet

Robert Emmet from directly overhead

Robert Emmet is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lord Ardilaun, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

a statue dedicated to revolutionary 1798 leader Robert Emmet

The story

Series of statues by Jerome Connor.

Dates from 1916.

Wikidata Q7344065, matched on coordinates and name (29 m apart).

How to reach it

Coordinates53.33899, -6.26089

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks
Parks
Gardens: 52
  • Provost's Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Chemistry Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Physiology Square: 0.5 mi
  • Botany Square: 0.5 mi
  • Visual Culture Garden: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 50
  • Lord Ardilaun: 0.0 mi
  • O'Donovan Rossa: 0.0 mi
  • W.B. Yeats: 0.0 mi
  • Mangan: 0.1 mi
  • Famine: 0.2 mi
Springs
Beaches: 27
Nature reserves: 19
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Toni's: 2.2 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 8.3 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 13.6 mi
  • BBQ Area: 17.3 mi
  • Poplar Square: 18.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Robert Emmet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KippureSSW757 m11.5 mi
DjouceS726 m14.4 mi
SeefinganSSW723 m11.2 mi
War HillS685 m13.8 mi
SeahanSSW647 m9.8 mi
TonduffS642 m12.3 mi
SeefinSSW621 m11.9 mi
Corrig MountainSSW617 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5218:38
June solstice04:5721:0021:58
September equinox07:1118:4019:26
December solstice08:3915:0116:09

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5789434944

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