placenamesWhitescastle Upper
Caisleán an Fhaoitigh Uachtarach
Whitescastle Upper is a townland in Kilkenny. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationWhitescastle Upper52.49442° N · 7.21702° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Caisleán an Fhaoitigh Uachtarach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Whitescastle Upper · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Knocktopher
- Civil parish
- Knocktopher
- Coordinates
- 52.49442, -7.21702
- Mapped area
- 0.13 km²
- Logainm ID
- 27298 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Whitescastle Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.