Ballycowan Castle

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Ballycowan Castle is a castle located 4 km west of Tullamore, Co. Offaly. It was built in 1589 as a fortified house by Thomas Morres. ()

Alternative names: Completed: 1589 (435 years ago)Coordinates: 53°16'35"N, 7°33'32"W

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OffalyIreland

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Ballycowan Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: O'Connor Park, Esker Hills Golf Club, Durrow Abbey, Charleville Castle.

2.9 miE
Sport, Sport venue
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
74 min walk • O'Connor Park is a GAA stadium in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland. It is one of the principal grounds of the Offaly GAA Gaelic football and hurling teams. It is known for sponsorship reasons as Bord na Móna O’Connor Park. The ground was opened in 1934, to replace Ballyduff Park, and currently has a capacity of 18,000.
1.4 miN
53°17'47"N • 7°33'29"W
Esker Hills Golf Club, Tullamore
36 min walk • Golf
3.8 miNE
Monastery
Durrow Abbey
97 min walk • Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland. It is located off the N52 some 5 miles from Tullamore. Largely undisturbed, the site is an early medieval monastic complex of ecclesiastical and secular monuments, visible and sub-surface.
1.7 miSE
Forts and castles, Park, Reportedly haunted
Charleville Castle
43 min walk • Charleville Castle is a Gothic-style castle located in County Offaly, Ireland, bordering the town of Tullamore, near the River Clodiagh. It is considered one of the finest of its type in the country.
1.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Charleville Forest Castle, Tullamore
42 min walk • Charleville Castle is a Gothic-style castle located in County Offaly, Ireland, bordering the town of Tullamore, near the River Clodiagh. It is considered one of the finest of its type in the country.
4.2 miNE
Village, Church
Durrow
107 min walk • Durrow is a small rural village and townland in County Offaly, Ireland. Durrow is located on the N52 off the N6 road between Kilbeggan and Tullamore.
4.3 miSW
Village
Mountbolus
109 min walk • Mountbolus is a small village in the parish of Killoughey situated at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Offaly, Ireland. It has a church, a national school and one public house. The area's GAA club is Kilcormac/Killoughey GAA.