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Knockmealdown Mountains

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Knockmealdown Mountains
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Alternative names: Maximum elevation: 2605 ftCoordinates: 52°13'60"N, 7°55'0"W
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WaterfordIreland

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

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

  • mount melleray abbey cappoquin4 miSE
    Sacred and religious sites, Monastery

    Mount Melleray Abbey, Cappoquin

    103 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.

  • knockmealdown clogheen~1980 ftS
    Natural attraction, Park, Mountain

    Knockmealdown, Clogheen

    10 min walk • Knockmealdown is the highest peak of the Knockmealdown Range of mountains, located on the border between Co Tipperary and Co Waterford.

  • sugarloaf hill1.4 miNW
    Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

    Sugarloaf Hill

    37 min walk • Sugarloaf Hill is a mountain peak located in the Knockmealdown Mountains on the border between County Tipperary and County Waterford.

  • ardfinnan castle5.5 miN
    Forts and castles

    Ardfinnan Castle

    141 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.

  • shanbally castle6.8 miNW
    Forts and castles

    Shanbally Castle

    173 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.

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