[4][5] Ahenny is situated close to the border dividing counties Tipperary and Kilkenny and nestles on the slopes of Carrigadoon Hill overlooking the valley of the river Lingaun.

[6] Scattered remnants of a once thriving slate industry spanning the Tipperary-Kilkenny border-lands, act as reminders of modern Ahenny's roots.

[7] A number of megalithic tombs dot the landscape surrounding Ahenny, which was located in the ancient Kingdom of Ossory.

[9] Ten kilometres to the west is Slievenamon Hill, again with a Neolithic summit cairn.

Celtic knotwork and bosses imitate in stone what a carved wooden cross would have looked like.