Paulstown

Paulstown
Irish: Baile Phóil
Village
Shankill Castle, Paulstown
Shankill Castle, Paulstown
Paulstown is located in Ireland
Paulstown
Paulstown
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°41′00″N 7°01′00″W / 52.683333°N 7.016667°W / 52.683333; -7.016667
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Kilkenny
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Websitewww.kilkennycoco.ie

Paulstown (Irish: Baile Phóil)[1] (also known as Poulstown or Polestown) is a small village in County Kilkenny in Ireland.

Paulstown is located at the (northern) junction of the N9 and N10 National primary roads. It is 21 km south of Carlow and 19 km east of Kilkenny.

Scoil Bhride is the primary school in Paulstown. Shankill Gardens & Castle is a point of interest.

Paulstown parish is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.[2] The 200-year-old Church of the Assumption is the local Catholic church in the parish of Muinebheag/Bagenalstown.[3]

  1. ^ "Baile Phóil/Paulstown". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin parishes
  3. ^ Paulstown Parish