Columbkille,_County_Kilkenny

Columbkille, County Kilkenny

Columbkille, County Kilkenny

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Columbkille (Irish: Cill Cholm Cille)[3] is a civil parish and townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland.[3] Located near Thomastown,[1] it is in the historical barony of Gowran.[4] Evidence of historical settlement in Columkille townland itself include a number of fulacht fiadh sites, a reputed holy well,[5] and a graveyard and ruined church in an ecclesiastical enclosure.[2][6][7] Other townlands within Columbkille civil parish include Ballyroe, Carrickmourne, Dangan, Jackstown, Kilcullen, Kiljames (Upper and Lower), Kilmurry, Ruppa and Mungmacody.[4][5]

The old graveyard in Columbkille contains a number of 18th century graves and several recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Columkille, Thomastown" (PDF). kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie. Retrieved 24 January 2023. KK028-043002
  2. [2]
    "Colmcille's Graveyard". cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Cill Cholm Cille / Columbkille". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Civil Parish of Columbkille, Co. Kilkenny". townlands.ie. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. [5]
    Carrigan, William (1905). "Columbkille". The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Volume IV. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker. p. 272.
  6. [6]
    Record of Monuments and Places, County Kilkenny (PDF). National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1996. p. 28. KK028-043--- [..] Columbkille [..] Ecclesiastical remains [..] Church [..] Graveyard [..] Holy Well [..] Cross [..] KK028-050--- [..] Columbkille [..] Fulacht Fiadh
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    "Columbkille's, Kilkenny, Ireland". historicgraves.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

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