Knockananna

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Knockananna
Cnoc an Eanaigh
Village
Centre of Knockananna
Centre of Knockananna
Knockananna is located in Ireland
Knockananna
Knockananna
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°52′26″N 6°29′35″W / 52.874000°N 6.493000°W / 52.874000; -6.493000Coordinates: 52°52′26″N 6°29′35″W / 52.874000°N 6.493000°W / 52.874000; -6.493000
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Wicklow
Elevation
205 m (673 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
143
Irish Grid ReferenceT010814

Knockananna (Irish: Cnoc an Eanaigh, meaning 'hill of the marsh')[2] is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Knockananna lies close to the border between County Wicklow and County Carlow. The village is the centre of a dispersed farming area, 2km to the north-west of Moyne and the Wicklow Way. There is a grocery shop and a pub in the village. The village has a GAA team and the club colours are red and white.

Colonel Commandant Tom Kehoe (Free State Forces) was born in the area in 1899. He was a member of Michael Collins's assassination Squad, which killed a number of British agents on 21 November 1920. Kehoe himself was killed in an engagement in Macroom in September 1922.

References[]

  1. ^ "Sapmap Area: Settlements Knockananna". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Cnoc an Eanaigh/Knockananna". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 20 October 2021.

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Decorated car of a GAA fan at the annual Knockananna festival


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