Askeaton

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Askeaton

Coordinates52.60°, -8.98°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Askeaton is a town in County Limerick, Ireland. The town is built on the banks of the River Deel which flows into the Shannon Estuary 3 km to the north. Askeaton is on the N69 road between Limerick and Tralee; it is 25 km west of Limerick and 8 km north of Rathkeale. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

B

Bill Mulcahy

Irish rugby union player

G

Ger McDonnell

Irish mountaineer (1971-2008)

James Garvan

entrepreneur and politician in New South Wales, Australia

P

Patricia Burke Brogan

Irish writer

S

Samuel Crumpe

Irish medical and social writer (1766-1796)

J

James Harrold

cricketer (1892-1950)

C

Cornelius Mulcahy

Irish catholic priest and academic

J

John Walcott

Walcott, John (1754–1831), naturalist

Jeremiah Augustus Hartigan

Irish clergyman and orientalist

Patrick F. Dealy

Irish-American educator

W

William O'Meara

Irish hurler

S

Seán Tadhg Ó Gairbhí

Irish journalist

George Joseph Stopford Maunsell

(1836-1905)

R

Richard O'Kennedy

Irish Catholic priest and religious writer

John Sullivan

Irish pioneer in California

M

Martin Cussen

Australian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Limerick

• Shanagolden
  5.5 mi away
• Rathkeale
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,231
• Pallaskenry
  5.6 mi away
• Foynes
  5.7 mi away
• Croagh
  6.3 mi away · pop. 216
• Kildimo
  7 mi away
• Adare
  8.1 mi away
• Ardagh
  8.2 mi away
• Ballyhahill
  9.4 mi away
• Ballingarry
  9.9 mi away
• Carrigkerry
  10.3 mi away
• Clarina
  10.6 mi away

Browse all places in Limerick →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Askeaton

Investigations of Animal Health Problems at Askeaton, Co.Limerick

Investigations of Animal Health Problems at Askeaton,Co.Limerick

Department of Agriculture,Food and Rural Development.

Investigations of animal health problems at Askeaton, County Limerick

1998

Investigations of animal health problems at Askeaton,County Limerick

1997

Askeaton/Ballysteen biographical dictionary

John P. M. Feheney · 2007

Aubrey de Vere, the bard of Curragh Chase

Patrick J. Cronin · 1997

History of the Irish Confederation and the war in Ireland, 1641-1643

John Thomas Gilbert · 1882

Search results from Open Library.