Piltown

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Piltown Irish: Baile an Phoill
Village
Sham Castle, Piltown
Piltown Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°21′00″N 7°20′00″W / 52.35°N 7.333333°W / 52.35; -7.333333
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Kilkenny
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]	1,220
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	S456226
Website	www.kilkennycoco.ie

Piltown (Irish: Baile an Phoill), historically known as Ballyfoyle,^[2] is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. 5 km east of Carrick-on-Suir, it is on the R698 road and near the N24 national primary road.

Approaching Piltown from Carrick-on-Suir in the west is the landmark of "the Tower" (Sham Castle) which forms a roundabout in the road. This monument, dedicated to the son of a local landowner, dates back to the Napoleonic era. The son was enlisted in the War. During this time he went missing and he was presumed dead. His father instructed the tower be built in his honour. It was never completed as the son returned during construction. Today its upper section serves as a water tower.

Piltown is also home to Ireland's largest horticultural and agricultural college, Kildalton College. The college hosts a fair called the Iverk Show,^[3] named after the Barony of Iverk,^[4] on the fourth Saturday in August each year.

Piltown is a local electoral area of County Kilkenny and includes the electoral divisions of Aglish, Ballincrea, Brownsford, Castlegannon, Dunkitt, Dysartmoon, Farnoge, Fiddown, Jerpoint West, Kilbeacon, Kilbride, Kilcolumb, Kilculliheen, Kilkeasy, Killahy, Kilmakevoge, Listerlin, Muckalee, Piltown, Pollrone, Portnascully, Rathpatrick, Rosbercon Rural, Rossinan, Shanbogh, Templeorum, The Rower, Tubbrid, Ullid and Whitechurch.^{[5][needs update]}