rausk / Mapillary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ballyknockan
Sign in to saveBallyknockan or Ballynockan ( ; ) is a village and townland in County Wicklow, Ireland. The village is known for its granite quarries which were the site of intensive industry from 1824 until the mid-20th century.
Weather now
cached 639h ago18°clear sky
91% 0.5 m/s OpenWeatherMap
Wikidata facts
- Image
- View west from Ballyknockan - geograph.org.uk - 728808.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Ballyknockan
- Irish Grid Reference
- O006071
- native label
- Buaile an Chnocáin
via Wikidata · CC0
~14 min read
Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Quarrying industry
- Ballyknockan Brass Band
- Land War period
- Later years
- Built heritage
- Filming location
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- Sources
Ballyknockan or Ballynockan ( ; ) is a village and townland in County Wicklow, Ireland. The village is known for its granite quarries which were the site of intensive industry from 1824 until the mid-20th century.
Ballyknockan is situated on the western edge of the Wicklow Mountains, where a large granite band extends from Dublin Bay to County Carlow. The village is located above sea level, and is around from Dublin.
Gallery (3)
On the map
2 mapped locations
Connections
ashlar
Entity
Republic of Ireland
Country
Dublin
Entity
Irish
Entity
village
Entity
geographic coordinate system
Entity
Great Britain
Entity
International Standard Book Number
Entity
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Entity
Leinster
Entity
County Carlow
Entity
Great Irish Famine
Entity
County Wicklow
Entity
province of Ireland
Entity
Gaelic football
Entity
county of Ireland
Entity
tombstone
Entity
Bray
Entity
Naas
Entity
Wicklow
Entity