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Ballyhoura Mountains

#125 among destinations in Ireland

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Ballyhoura Mountains

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Alternative names: Maximum elevation: 1732 ftCoordinates: 52°17'60"N, 8°31'60"W
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LimerickIreland

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Ballyhoura Mountains – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castle Oliver, Seefin, Kilfinane, Castle Harrison.

  • castle oliver2.8 miNE
    Forts and castles

    Castle Oliver

    71 min walk • Castle Oliver is a Victorian castle in the south part of County Limerick, Ireland. Built for entertaining rather than for defense, it has a ballroom, drawing room, library, morning room, dining room and hall which feature hand-painted ceilings, decorated ornamental corbels, superbly executed stained glass windows and stencil work.

  • seefin location map
    1 miNE
    Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

    Seefin

    27 min walk • Seefin is a mountain near the southern border of County Limerick, Ireland. At 528m it is the highest point and the second most northerly summit in the Ballyhoura Mountains and the 396th highest in Ireland. Latitude: 52.313847 Longitude: -8.522738.

  • kilfinane4.9 miNE
    Town

    Kilfinane

    125 min walk • Kilfinnane or Kilfinane is a small market town in County Limerick, Ireland. The town's name comes from the Irish Cill and Fhíonáin, making its meaning "Church of Saint Finnian".

  • castle harrison location map
    5.5 miW
    Forts and castles

    Castle Harrison

    142 min walk • Castle Harrison, formerly Castle Dodd, was a great house close to Ballyhea and Charleville, in north County Cork, Ireland. The seat of the Harrison family for some time, the house was demolished in the 1950s.

  • castlepook3.5 miS
    Forts and castles

    Castlepook

    89 min walk • Castlepook or Castle Pook is a Norman style castle built in 1380 by the Synan family. The castle stands at coordinates 52.25356°N 8.56405°W, a few miles north of Doneraile, in the foothills of the Ballyhoura Mountains in County Cork, Ireland.

  • carron mountain location map
    1.9 miW
    Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

    Carron Mountain

    48 min walk • Carron Mountain is a mountain 440m high on the border of County Limerick and County Cork, Ireland. It is part of the Ballyhoura Mountains. Carron is home to the North Cork transmitter for the UPC MMDS service.

  • ardskeagh church location map
    4.6 miNW
    Archaeological site

    Ardskeagh Church

    117 min walk • Ardskeagh Church is a medieval church and a National Monument in County Cork, Ireland.

  • kildorrery5.8 miSE
    Village

    Kildorrery

    149 min walk • Kildorrery is a village in north County Cork, Ireland. It lies at the crossroads of the N73 road from Mallow to Mitchelstown and the R512 from Kilmallock to Fermoy.

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