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Foulksrath Castle
Castle · near Ballyragget · Kilkenny

Foulksrath Castle

The site of Foulksrath Castle is 3.5 km south of Ballyragget. A short trip away is Dunmore Cave, 5 km off. Articles on it exist in 6 languages.

Photo: Foulksrath Castle, User Postdlf on en.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Where
3.5 km
south of Ballyragget
How well known
Top 12%
#209 of 1,783 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Sep
highs of 18–20°C
In brief

Castle near Ballyragget

Just outside Ballyragget

Foulksrath Castle is 3.5 km south of Ballyragget. 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

Which month to go

The warmest stretch in Ballyragget is June to September, at 18–20°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 2°87 mm
Feb9° / 2°69 mm
Mar11° / 3°65 mm
Apr13° / 5°61 mm
May16° / 7°59 mm
Jun19° / 10°68 mm
Jul20° / 12°67 mm
Aug20° / 11°78 mm
Sep18° / 9°75 mm
Oct14° / 7°97 mm
Nov11° / 4°97 mm
Dec9° / 2°94 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Ballyragget, and rain in a month. Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for Ballyragget (Copyright Met Éireann, CC BY 4.0). Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Ballyragget’s full climate →
About

Foulksrath Castle

Type
Castle
Wikipedias
Covered in 6 languages
Town
3.5 km south of Ballyragget
Facts: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Getting to Foulksrath Castle

The numbers show what else is near Foulksrath Castle, in the order listed below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline

Towns near it

Towns near Foulksrath Castle

Home to 27,184 people, Kilkenny is the largest of these 8. All of these towns include it on their pages.

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  1. 1Ballyragget
  2. 2Freshford
  3. 3Castlecomer
  4. 4Durrow
  5. 5Kilkenny
  6. 6Ballinakill
  7. 7Moneenroe
  8. 8Johnstown
1 · 3.5 km north of it

Ballyragget

1,116 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 6.4 km west of it

Freshford

593 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 9.1 km northeast of it

Castlecomer

1,496 people · 1 place to visit

4 · 11 km northwest of it

Durrow

946 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Foulksrath Castle isPeoplePlaces to visit
Ballyragget3.5 km north of it1,1162
Freshford6.4 km west of it5932
Castlecomer9.1 km northeast of it1,4961
Durrow11 km northwest of it9463
Kilkenny11 km southeast of it27,18422
Ballinakill14 km north of it4625
Moneenroe14 km northeast of it7391
Johnstown16 km west of it4502
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Also within 15 km are 4 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and a cathedral.

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

Foulksrath Castle, answered

Where is Foulksrath Castle?

Foulksrath Castle is 3.5 km south of Ballyragget, Kilkenny.

What is Foulksrath Castle?

Castle in Ireland.

How well known is Foulksrath Castle?

Foulksrath Castle has 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #209 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.

When is the best time to visit Foulksrath Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Ballyragget, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Foulksrath Castle?

Within 15 km: Dunmore Cave (5 km), St Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower (11 km), Black Abbey (11 km) and Rothe House & Garden (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 (7)

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).