Nature reserve · Ireland
Fiddown Island
Fiddown Island is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Kilclooney Mountain stands 792 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fiddown Bridge, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.32659, -7.31807
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Fiddown Bridge: 0.1 mi
- Tibberaghny Castle: 2.0 mi
- Ponsonby Memorial Tower: 2.1 mi
- Grange Castle: 2.2 mi
- Rogerstown Castle: 2.4 mi
Artworks
- MoDomnoc: 0.6 mi
- Saint Crispeen: 6.7 mi
- Slate sculpture: 7.5 mi
- Last Journey: 9.4 mi
- [untitled]: 9.5 mi
Peaks
- Tower Hill: 1.4 mi
- Carrigfenoagh: 3.0 mi
- Donnell's Hill: 4.1 mi
- Lahardan Hill: 4.5 mi
- Carriganog Hill: 5.4 mi
Springs
- St. John's Well: 1.9 mi
- Tobar Álainn: 1.9 mi
- Toberaghcanice: 1.9 mi
- St Thomas' Well: 2.1 mi
- Tobernabrone: 2.3 mi
Attractions: 55
- Ormonde Castle: 4.0 mi
- West Gate: 4.3 mi
- Kilkieran Crosses: 5.6 mi
- Waterford & Suir Valley Railway: 6.3 mi
- Fairbrook House: 6.4 mi
Parks: 53
- Pil River Park: 1.6 mi
- Castle Park: 4.0 mi
- The Green: 4.2 mi
- Kilmacthomas Park: 9.4 mi
- Ballybricken Green: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 31
- Benvoy Beach: 12.9 mi
- Kilmurrin Cove: 13.0 mi
- Boatstrand Beach: 13.0 mi
- Annestown Beach: 13.1 mi
- Stage Cove: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 22
- Top of the City Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Sensory Garden: 10.2 mi
- Gáirdín an Ghorta: 10.5 mi
- Shrubberies: 12.7 mi
- Lafacadio Hearn Gardens: 13.3 mi
Museums: 18
- Portlaw Heritage Centre: 2.7 mi
- Heritage Centre: 4.2 mi
- Irish Wake Museum: 10.0 mi
- Irish Museum of Time: 10.0 mi
- Bishop's Palace Museum: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 7.3 mi
- Garden of Renewal: 11.2 mi
- Fenor Bog: 11.7 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 16.1 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Mahon Valley: 11.7 mi
- Mahon Valley: 12.9 mi
- Carricjmore Cliff: 19.3 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 19.8 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 5.7 mi
- Mahon Falls: 11.7 mi
- The Prison Waterfall: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Castle View: 15.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Fiddown Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilclooney Mountain | WSW 239° | 792 m | 10.8 mi |
| Carrignagower | WSW 246° | 767 m | 10.7 mi |
| Knockanaffrin | WSW 257° | 755 m | 11.5 mi |
| Curraghduff | WSW 243° | 750.1 m | 11.2 mi |
| Coumfea | WSW 240° | 741.9 m | 12.2 mi |
| Coumfea North Top | WSW 243° | 728.3 m | 11.9 mi |
| Seefin | WSW 237° | 725.592 m | 14.3 mi |
| Knockaunapeebra | WSW 237° | 724.4 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 17:57 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 21:00 | 21:56 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:45 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:14 | 16:19 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Mute Swan1 obs
- Himalayan honeysuckle1 obs
- European Greenfinch1 obs
- Eurasian Kestrel1 obs
- Eurasian Magpie1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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