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Castlecomer Discovery Park

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Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Phone:
+353 56 444 0707

Hours:
Sunday10am - 5pm
Monday9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday9:30am - 5pm
Thursday9:30am - 5pm
Friday9:30am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


Castlecomer is a town in the north of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The town was associated with the coal mining industry since the 17th century. At the 2011 census, the Central Statistics Office recorded that the 30.5 square kilometers of the Castlecomer Electoral District had a population was 2,293, with a population density of 75.2 persons per square kilometer. This was a decrease of 4.5% from the 2006 figure of 2,407 persons. The Castlecomer rural area has a population of 8,484. The town is positioned at the meeting of N78 and R694 roads about 16 km roads north of Kilkenny city. Castlecomer rural area has an area of 23,417 hectares. The town is part of a discrete area called the Castlecomer Plateau. It is bounded on the east by the River Barrow, the west by the River Nore and dissected in the centre by the River Dinnin. The name Castlecomer comes from the Irish Caislean an Chumai which means the Castle at the confluence of the Waters, the waters referring to the rivers Deen, Brocagh and Cloghogue while the castle refers to the Norman castle built in 1171 on the mound opposite the gates to Castlecomer Demesne. The town is located in the townland of the same name which is in the civil parish of the same name in the ancient barony of Fassadinin.
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