Danesfort Explained

Danesfort
Native Name:Irish: Dún Feart
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Kilkenny
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Note:(Danesfort townland)
Population:99
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:+1
Coordinates:52.55°N -22°W
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Danesfort [2] is a rural townland and electoral division in County Kilkenny, Ireland, located approximately 6 km from Kilkenny City on the N10 (Waterford to Kilkenny road). The M9 motorway also passes through the townland. Danesfort is also the name of a civil parish in County Kilkenny.[3]

The area has a primary school, Roman Catholic church (including graveyard), creche, community centre and a care home for the elderly. The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club is Danesfort GAA.[4]

Location

Danesfort townland is in a civil parish and electoral division of the same name, in the historical barony of Shillelogher.[5] For census purposes, parts of the electoral division of Danesfort were included within the census area of Bennettsbridge, a nearby town, in the 2006 census.[6]

Danesfort is included within Kilkenny City for the purposes of Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) structures, and the local credit union is the St. Canice's Kilkenny City Credit Union.

The local Catholic church, St Michael's Church in Danesfort, is within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CD158 - Kilkenny Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate . CSO . data.gov.ie . 9 August 2024 . Population [..] Townlands [..] Danesfort, Danesfort, Co. Kilkenny: 99 .
  2. Web site: Dún Feart/Danesfort . . logainm.ie . 7 October 2021 . townland [..] Dún Feart [..] Danesfort.
  3. Web site: Dún Feart/Danesfort . . logainm.ie . 15 May 2022 . civil parish [..] Dún Feart [..] Danesfort.
  4. Web site: Clubs - Danesfort . kilkennygaa.ie . 9 August 2024 .
  5. Web site: Danesfort Townland, Co. Kilkenny . townlands.ie . 9 August 2024 .
  6. Web site: Table 5 - Population of Towns ordered by County and size, 2002 and 2006 . CSO . https://web.archive.org/web/20110511120601/http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_Table_5.pdf . 11 May 2011 .
  7. Web site: Parishes - Danesfort . ossory.ie . Ossory Diocese . 9 August 2024 .