Museum · near Castlecomer · Kilkenny

Footprints In Coal

Set 200 m northeast of Castlecomer, Footprints In Coal is a museum. Nearby, Dunmore Cave (8.7 km) heads a list of 10 within 15 km. It belongs to County Kilkenny.

Where

200 m

northeast of Castlecomer

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum near Castlecomer

Just outside Castlecomer

Footprints In Coal is 200 m northeast of Castlecomer. Towns near it ↓

Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

A month-by-month guide

Warm weather in Castlecomer runs June to September, with highs of 17–20°C.

Jan8° / 2°92 mm

Feb9° / 2°75 mm

Mar10° / 3°70 mm

Apr13° / 4°67 mm

May16° / 7°65 mm

Jun18° / 9°74 mm

Jul20° / 11°75 mm

Aug20° / 11°87 mm

Sep17° / 9°83 mm

Oct14° / 6°106 mm

Nov10° / 4°105 mm

Dec8° / 2°102 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Castlecomer, and rain in a month. Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for Castlecomer (Copyright Met Éireann, CC BY 4.0). Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Castlecomer’s full climate →

About

Footprints In Coal

Museum.

Type: Museum
Town: 200 m northeast of Castlecomer

Facts: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Footprints In Coal is the orange one.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Footprints In Coal

The largest of the 8 towns is Castlecomer, with 1,496 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · 200 m southwest of it

Castlecomer

1,496 people · 1 place to visit

2 · 2.4 km northeast of it

Moneenroe

739 people · 1 place to visit

3 · 6.8 km north of it

Clogh

298 people

4 · 8.6 km northeast of it

Newtown

269 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Footprints In Coal is	People	Places to visit
Castlecomer	200 m southwest of it	1,496	1
Moneenroe	2.4 km northeast of it	739	1
Clogh	6.8 km north of it	298	0
Newtown	8.6 km northeast of it	269	0
Ballyragget	9 km west of it	1,116	2
The Swan	9.3 km north of it	275	0
Ballinakill	10 km northwest of it	462	5
Durrow	13 km west of it	946	3

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Within 15 km are 10 places, among them 3 castles, 2 museums and 2 gardens.

MuseumDunmore Cave8.7 km away 2

CastleFoulksrath Castle10 km away 3

CastleGardens at Castle Durrow14 km away 4

Garden · Office of Public WorksHeywood House Gardens11 km away 5

CathedralSt Laserian's Cathedral14 km away 6

CastleCantwell's Castle14 km away 7MuseumMuseumThe Irish Fly Fishing and Game Museum10 km away 8GardenGardenHeywood Gardens12 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Footprints In Coal: common questions

Where is Footprints In Coal?

Footprints In Coal is 200 m northeast of Castlecomer, Kilkenny.

What is Footprints In Coal?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Footprints In Coal?

June to September are the warmest months in Castlecomer, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Footprints In Coal?

Within 15 km: Dunmore Cave (8.7 km), Foulksrath Castle (10 km), Gardens at Castle Durrow (14 km) and Heywood House Gardens (11 km).

Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Dunmore Cave: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Foulksrath Castle: User Postdlf on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gardens at Castle Durrow: GunnerPoulsen~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Heywood House Gardens: Liam Hughes from Milwaukee, WI, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Laserian's Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cantwell's Castle: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).