Kilfane Explained

Kilfane
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
Subdivision Type4:barony
Subdivision Name4:Gowran
Subdivision Type5:Civil parish
Subdivision Name5:Kilfane
Government Type:County Council
Governing Body:Kilkenny County Council
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST / WEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.5568°N -7.1429°W
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Kilfane is a combination of two townlands located outside of Thomastown in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is made up of the townlands of Kilfane East and West with a total area of 75acres.[1] Located in the barony of Gowran, Kilfane gives its name to the wider civil parish which contains 16 townlands. It is in the Roman Catholic parish of Tullaherin.

This is also the site of the 13th-century Kilfane Church, now in ruins, which has an adjoining castellated presbytery or stone house. The site has traces of original consecration crosses, ogee headed doorways, remains of an altar, sedilia and book rest. Inside the ruined church, on the North wall, is an effigy of a Norman knight in full armour. It is referred to as and this effigy is the tallest of its kind in Britain or Ireland.[2]

Kilfane House was the seat of the Power family who were responsible for the creation of Kilfane Glen and Waterfall which is now a tourist attraction containing a romantic era (Romanticism) garden and waterfall [3]

There is also a Gaelic handball alley constructed in Kilfane quarry in the 1920s [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Census. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland: Based on the Census of Ireland for the Year 1851. 1861. Genealogical Publishing Com. 9780806310527. 451–452. en.
  2. In the Shadow of the Steeple - No.2 (published 1990) Pg 51
  3. Web site: Kilfane Glen and Waterfall.
  4. In the Shadow of the Steeple - No.1 (out of print) Pg 13