What is recorded here
John Keane, 1st Baron Keane is a birthplace in Belmont, County Offaly, Ireland. Perhaps a British Army general emerged there in 1781 to shape wars across continents. Maybe the quiet ground still remembers the boy who became a soldier of empires.
Why this person is known: British Army general (1781-1844)
- Birthplace
- Belmont
Places near here
Belmont Housegate lodge · 311 yd
Belmont Cottagemiller's house · 501 yd
Site of Faddanmore CastleCastle, unclassified · 572 yd
Site of Bellmount CastleCastle, unclassified · 786 yd
Burial in Faddan BegBurial · 1600 yd
Glebe Ho.Ecclesiastical site · 1665 yd
St. Saran's WellSpring · 2.3 mi
Cloghan HillMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
Ballylin Bog BoardwalkHeritage attraction · 3.0 mi
Kilbeg WoodWood · 3.2 mi
Lug Holy WellSpring · 3.4 mi
Endrim HillMountain / peak · 3.6 miOther information
Photo: Gaelicbow · CC BY-SA 4.0