Knockbride

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Knockbride is a parish in County Cavan, Ireland located outside the town of Bailieborough. There are two Roman Catholic churches namely West Knockbride and East Knockbride. There is also a Church of Ireland church and parish and a Presbyterian Church in Corraneary. There is one shop, McCabes. Knockbride has two pubs, "The Bridge Tavern" and "The Hideout".

Notable people[]

• John Tierney: Former Cavan Gaelic footballer
• Michael, Peter & Larry Reilly: Brothers & Former Cavan Gaelic footballers
• Fifteen to One and Countdown contestant John Clarke is from Knockbride. He is famous for saying the word "wanker" on the Countdown show.
• Sir Edward Lucas, poet, politician, and agent for South Australia in London from 1918 to 1921, son of Adams Lucas, was born in Gallon Etra townland, Knockbride, in 1857. (Reference: Australian Dictionary of National Biography)
• Chris Noth, actor, whose ancestors emigrated from Knockbride in the 1840s^[1]

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