Ringforts and sites · near Bennettsbridge

Shirehall Castle, near Bennettsbridge

Shirehall Castle is a ringfort or site in County Kilkenny, 7.6 km north-west of Bennettsbridge.

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discovered during geophysical survey along with Flemingstown (which was known about before)

Kind: Ringforts and sites
From Bennettsbridge: 7.6 km north-west, in a straight line

Getting to Shirehall Castle

About these directions

Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.

Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.

How journey planning works

Destination, access and nearby stops

Shirehall Castle is in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.

It is 7.6 km north-west of the centre of Bennettsbridge in a straight line. The map records no stop within walking distance.

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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Kilkenny Cstl (13129), 170 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Kilkenny Cstl 170 m
buses 881 and 882
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Nuncio Road 360 m
bus IW01
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Upr Patrick St 380 m
bus KK1
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Ormonde Road 390 m
buses KK1, 891, 897 and 717
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John Street Lwr 490 m
buses KK2, KK1, 881 and 882
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Getting to Bennettsbridge covers the journeys into the town itself.

Events nearby

Not at Shirehall Castle. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.

Other ringforts and sites in Bennettsbridge

Nearest to Shirehall Castle first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Shirehall Castle, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 59 ringforts and sites in Bennettsbridge

Questions people ask

Where is Shirehall Castle?

Near Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, 7.6 km north-west of the centre.

What are the opening hours of Shirehall Castle?

Opening hours are not available on this page yet. Check with the business before travelling.

How far is Shirehall Castle from the centre of Bennettsbridge?

7.6 km north-west of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.

Are there other ringforts and sites near Shirehall Castle?

59 in Bennettsbridge altogether. The nearest are Flemingstown, Emling's Hall (site of) and Loughboy Ringfort (rath).

How do you get to Shirehall Castle without a car?

The nearest stop in the national timetable is Kilkenny Cstl, 160 m away in a straight line, and buses 881 and 882 call there, run by TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

Where this comes from

From the map: The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap way/1097838464, and can be corrected there.
Worked out here: Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.

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