Kilmoganny Explained

Kilmoganny
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
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:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:245
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.4631°N -7.3286°W
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Kilmoganny (officially Kilmaganny; [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. The village is at the junction of the R697 and R701 roads.

Kilmoganny is in the Diocese of Ossory, in the civil parish of Kilmaganny. 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]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area - Settlements - Kilmoganny . CSO . Census 2016 . April 2016 . 22 January 2020 .
  2. Web site: Cill Mogeanna/Kilmaganny (town) Kilkenny. Placenames Database of Ireland. 12 November 2012.
  3. Web site: Kilmaganny: more information. https://archive.today/20130217184747/http://logainm.ie/Image.aspx?PlaceID=26327&Url=93%5Cpo26327_6.JPG&NoBlock=yes. dead. 17 February 2013. Placenames Database of Ireland. 12. 12 November 2012.
  4. Web site: Dunamaggan. Parish Details. Ossory Diocese. 12 November 2012. 31 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121031055957/http://www.ossory.ie/parishes-and-people/diocesan-database/parish-details/?page=ddb_parish_details&parishID=43. dead.
  5. Web site: Kells . Dioceses & Parishes . Church of Ireland . 12 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120818032738/http://cashel.anglican.org/information/diocese/parishes/ossory/kells.html . 18 August 2012 .
  6. Web site: Snoddy, Theo . Lavery, Sir John . Dictionary of Irish Biography.