Kilmoganny
Kilmoganny
Cill Mogeanna | |
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Village | |
Kilmoganny Location in Ireland | |
Coordinates: 52°27′47″N 7°19′43″W / 52.4630556°N 7.3286111°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Kilkenny |
Population (2016)[1] | 245 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Irish Grid Reference | S4560834636 |
Kilmoganny (officially Kilmaganny; Irish: Cill Mogeanna, meaning 'Church of Saint Mogeanna'[2][3]) is a small village in the County Kilkenny in the south-east of Ireland. Saint Mogeanna was an Irish virgin whose feast day in the Irish Calendar of Saints is 29 January.[3]
It is home to a primary school, post office, a pub, 2 churches, a GAA field and a local shop called Morans or locally known as Pete’s.
Kilmoganny is in the Diocese of Ossory, in the civil parish of Kilmaganny.[2] St. Eoghan's Catholic church is in the parish of Dunnamaggin.[4] St. Matthew's Church of Ireland church is in Kells parish.[5]
As of the 2016 census, Kilmoganny had a population of 245.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Kilmoganny". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Cill Mogeanna/Kilmaganny (town) Kilkenny". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Kilmaganny: more information". Placenames Database of Ireland. p. 12. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "Dunamaggan". Parish Details. Ossory Diocese. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "Kells". Dioceses & Parishes. Church of Ireland. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
Categories:
- Towns and villages in County Kilkenny
- Census towns in County Kilkenny
- Ireland geography stubs