Knockmealdown, Clogheen

Name: Knockmealdown
Address: Clogheen, Ireland

#1 among attractions in Clogheen

Top attraction, Natural attraction, Park, Mountain

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Knockmealdown is the highest peak of the Knockmealdown Range of mountains, located on the border between Co Tipperary and Co Waterford. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 2598 ftProminence: 2241 ftCoordinates: 52°13'40"N, 7°54'57"W

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Clogheen Ireland

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Nearby attractions include: Mount Melleray Abbey, Sugarloaf Hill, Knockmealdown Mountains, The Towers.

3.7 miSE
Sacred and religious sites, Monastery
Mount Melleray Abbey, Cappoquin
95 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 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sugarloaf Hill
44 min walk • Sugarloaf Hill is a mountain peak located in the Knockmealdown Mountains on the border between County Tipperary and County Waterford.
~1980 ftN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Knockmealdown Mountains
10 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.
5.9 miS
52°8'50"N • 7°57'47"W
The Towers, Lismore
151 min walk • Historical place
7 miNW
Forts and castles
Shanbally Castle
179 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.