Slievenamon

#275 among destinations in Ireland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Slievenamon or Slievenaman is a mountain with a height of 721 metres in County Tipperary, Ireland. It rises from a plain that includes the towns of Fethard, Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir. The mountain is steeped in folklore and is associated with Fionn mac Cumhaill. On its summit are the remains of ancient burial cairns, which were seen as portals to the Otherworld. Much of its lower slopes are wooded, and formerly most of the mountain was covered in woodland. A low hill attached to Slievenamon, Carrigmaclear, was the site of a battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 2365 ftProminence: 2333 ftCoordinates: 52°25'46"N, 7°34'32"W

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TipperaryIreland

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Slievenamon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Main Guard, Castle Gurteen de la Poer, Kilcash Castle, Killamery High Cross.

7.5 miSW
Historical place, Architecture, Museum
Main Guard, Clonmel
191 min walk • The Main Guard is a National Monument and former courthouse located in Clonmel, Ireland.
4.8 miS
Forts and castles
Castle Gurteen de la Poer
123 min walk • Gurteen de la Poer, or Gurteen le Poer, is an Elizabethan Revival house in County Waterford, Ireland, situated on the south bank of the River Suir, close to Kilsheelan and about 8 km east of Clonmel.
3.2 miSE
Forts and castles
Kilcash Castle
81 min walk • Kilcash Castle is a ruined castle off the N24 road just west of Ballydine in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is in the care of the Irish State. The Butler dynasty has important links to the area.
6.3 miNE
Monuments and statues
Killamery High Cross
161 min walk • Killamery Cross is a 9th-century high cross and National Monument in Killamery, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the north of Killamery graveyard.
6.2 miSE
Archaeological site
Ballynoran Church
159 min walk • Ballynoran Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Tipperary, Ireland.
7.4 miSW
Prison
Clonmel Borstal, Clonmel
188 min walk • St. Patrick's Borstal Institution, Clonmel, was established in 1906 as a place of detention for young male offenders aged between 16 and 21.
5.7 miNW
Town
Fethard
146 min walk • Fethard is a small town in County Tipperary, Ireland. Dating to the Norman invasion of Ireland, the town's walls were first laid-out in the 13th century, with some sections of these defensive fortifications surviving today.
6.3 miSW
Sport, Sport venue
Clonmel Racecourse
161 min walk • Clonmel Racecourse is a horse racing venue in the town of Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland which stages both National Hunt and Flat racing. The course is located in the Powerstown area of the town 2 km from the town centre. It is a right handed track of one and a quarter miles with a stiff uphill finish.
4.7 miS
Locality
Kilsheelan
120 min walk • Kilsheelan is a village and civil parish within the in the barony of Iffa and Offa East in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also one half of the Roman Catholic parish of Kilsheelan & Kilcash in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore.