Sugarloaf Hill

#336 among destinations in Ireland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Sugarloaf Hill is a mountain peak located in the Knockmealdown Mountains on the border between County Tipperary and County Waterford. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 2175 ftProminence: 387 ftCoordinates: 52°14'47"N, 7°56'34"W

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TipperaryIreland

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Sugarloaf Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Melleray Abbey, Knockmealdown, Tubrid, Ardfinnan Castle.

5.4 miSE
Sacred and religious sites, Monastery
Mount Melleray Abbey, Cappoquin
139 min walk • Mount Melleray Abbey is a Trappist monastery in Ireland, founded in 1833. It is situated on the slopes of the Knockmealdown Mountains, near Cappoquin, Diocese of Waterford. It is famous in literature due to Seán Ó Ríordáin's poem Cnoc Mellerí in Eireaball Spideoige.
1.7 miSE
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Knockmealdown, Clogheen
44 min walk • Knockmealdown is the highest peak of the Knockmealdown Range of mountains, located on the border between Co Tipperary and Co Waterford.
4.8 miN
Church
Tubrid
122 min walk • Tubrid or Tubbrid was formerly a civil and ecclesiastical parish situated between the towns of Cahir and Clogheen in County Tipperary, Ireland. A cluster of architectural remains at the old settlement still known as Tubrid includes an ancient cemetery and two ruined churches of regional historical significance.
5.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Ardfinnan Castle
131 min walk • Ardfinnan Castle, is the sister castle of Lismore Castle and was built circa 1185 to guard the river crossing at Ardfinnan in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is situated on the River Suir, seven miles west of Clonmel. The castle is currently privately owned and is not open for public viewing.
1.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Knockmealdown Mountains
37 min walk • The Knockmealdown Mountains is a mountain range located on the border of counties Tipperary and Waterford in Ireland, running east and west between the two counties. The highest peak of the range is Knockmealdown, in County Waterford.
6.9 miNW
Forts and castles
Burncourt Castle
178 min walk • Burncourt Castle is a fortified house and a National Monument in County Tipperary, Ireland.
5.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Shanbally Castle
137 min walk • Shanbally Castle was located near Clogheen, County Tipperary and built for Cornelius O'Callaghan, the first Viscount Lismore, in around 1810. It was the largest house built in Ireland by the noted English architect John Nash. The castle was acquired by the Irish Land Commission in 1954.