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Redhouse An Tigh Rua | |
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Townland | |
  Redhouse Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:52°35′08″N7°25′30″W / 52.585659°N 7.42487°W /52.585659; -7.42487 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Website | www |
Redhouse (Irish:An Tigh Rua)[1] is atownland inCounty Kilkenny,Ireland located midway between the towns ofCallan andKilmanagh.
Redhouse is noted in historical records as having awell which was used by thousands during theGreat Irish Famine as many other wells in the area had gone dry. This is attributed to a higher-than-average survival rate in the area during the famine.
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