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Kilmaganny
Kilmoganny (officially Kilmaganny; ) 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. 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. St. Matthew's Church of Ireland church is in Kells parish. As of the 2016 census, Kilmoganny had a population of 245. Notable people * Nicholas Moore (1887–1985), priest * Brendan Fennelly (1956–2019), hurler * John Lavery Sir John Lavery (20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941) was an Irish painter best known for his portraits and wartime depictions. Life and career John Lavery was born in inner North Belfast, on 20 March 1856 and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R697 Road (Ireland)
The R697 road is a Regional road (Ireland), regional road in Republic of Ireland, Ireland which runs north-south from the centre of Kilkenny in County Kilkenny to the N24 road (Ireland), N24 national primary road in Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary. The route is long. See also *Roads in Ireland *National primary road ReferencesRoads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006 – Department of Transport (Ireland), Department of Transport {{Roads in Ireland Regional roads in the Republic of Ireland Roads in County Kilkenny Roads in County Tipperary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R701 Road (Ireland)
The R701 road is a regional road in Ireland, located in County Kilkenny County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir .... References Regional roads in the Republic of Ireland Roads in County Kilkenny {{Ireland-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossenarra House
Rossenarra House is a country house situated in Rossenarra, Demesne, formerly Castlehale and Snugsborough, near Kilmoganny in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is claimed in local lore to have been designed by the architect James Hoban, who was also responsible for designing the White House in Washington, D.C. History 17th century (Castlehale) Originally a stronghold of the Walsh of the Mountains clan, it was known as Castlehale, Castle Hoel or Castlehowel. In the 17th century, the Walshes took up arms against Oliver Cromwell and as a result in 1650, the castle was besieged and the survivors were executed. During the 19th century their remains were found when a road was constructed. 19th century The house was built between 1819 and 1824 in the Palladian style, commissioned by William Morris-Reade, the owner of a large estate of some 7,000 acres near Kilmoganny. The most likely designers were George R. Paine, who had worked in 1823 for Morris-Reade's relation, the 1st Baron Carew, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lavery
Sir John Lavery (20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941) was an Irish painter best known for his portraits and wartime depictions. Life and career John Lavery was born in inner North Belfast, on 20 March 1856 and baptised at St Patrick's Church, Belfast. While still a child, he moved to Scotland where he attended Haldane Academy in Glasgow in the 1870s. In 1878, he set up his own studio which was razed in a fire in the following year. With a £300 insurance pay-out, he spent a year studying at Heatherley's School in London. Lavery continued his studies at the Académie Julian in Paris in the early 1880s. He returned to Glasgow and was associated with the Glasgow School. William Burrell, a wealthy shipowner, was a faithful patron of Scottish artists including Joseph Crawhall II, with whom Lavery studied. In 1888, he was commissioned to paint the state visit of Queen Victoria to the Glasgow International Exhibition. This launched his career as a society painter and he moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Fennelly
Brendan Fennelly (1956 – 31 July 2019) was an Irish hurling manager and player. A member of the famous Fennelly hurling dynasty, he enjoyed a successful playing career at club level with Ballyhale Shamrocks and at inter-county level with Kilkenny. He was a forward with the Kilkenny minor, under-21 and senior teams in the 1970s and collected All-Ireland medals at under-age levels. Fennelly was also an All-Ireland medal-winner at club level with Ballyhale. In retirement from playing, Fennelly has become involved in team management at all levels. He served as manager of the Carlow senior inter-county team in the late 1990s while also having spells with the Dunnamaggin, De La Salle and Carrickshock clubs. Fennelly was manager of the Laois senior hurling team from 2010 until 2011. Biography Fennelly was born in Piltown, County Kilkenny to Kevin Fennelly Snr. and the former Teresa Hoyne in 1956. At the age of five, the family moved to Ballyhale where his father purchased a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Moore (priest)
Nicholas Moore (16 September 1887–19 September 1985) was a notable New Zealand Catholic priest. He was born in Kilmoganny, County Kilkenny, Ireland on 16 September 1887. He was educated for the priesthood at St Kieran's College St Kieran's College (Coláiste Chiaráin) is a Roman Catholic secondary school, located on College Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. History St Kieran's College was founded in Kilkenny, in the diocese of Ossory in 1782, after the passing of the Cath ..., Kilkenny, and ordained there. References Christian clergy from County Kilkenny 1887 births 1985 deaths 20th-century New Zealand Roman Catholic priests Irish emigrants to New Zealand {{NewZealand-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kells, County Kilkenny
Kells () is a village in County Kilkenny in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is about 15 km south of Kilkenny. It is situated on high ground to the south of the Kings River (Ireland), Kings River. The village is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. Kells Priory, though in ruins, is one of the best preserved in Ireland. The Cotterell family were the leading landowners in Kells in medieval times. One member of the family, Sir John, was executed for treason in 1346. On the other hand, his cousin Walter Cotterell (who died after 1388) was a valued servant of the English Crown who frequently sat as an extra judge. Kilree Irish round tower, round tower and 9th century high cross, said to be the burial place of Niall Caille, is located 2 km south of Kells. The champion racehorse Red Rum was bred at Rossenarra stud in Kells. Olympian Michelle Smith, Michelle Smith de Bruin lives in Kells. Notable people * Walter Cotterell (died c.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Ireland
The Church of Ireland (, ; , ) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomy, autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the Christianity in Ireland, second-largest Christian church on the island after the Catholic Church in Ireland, Roman Catholic Church. Like other Anglican churches, it has retained elements of pre-Reformation practice, notably its episcopal polity, while rejecting the papal primacy, primacy of the pope. In theological and liturgical matters, it incorporates many principles of the Reformation, particularly those of the English Reformation, but self-identifies as being both Protestantism, Reformed and Catholicity, Catholic, in that it sees itself as the inheritor of a continuous tradition going back to the founding of Celtic Christianity, Christianity in Ireland. As with other members of the global Anglican communion, individual parishes accommodate differing approaches to the level of ritual and formality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunnamaggin
Dunnamaggin (officially Dunnamaggan; ) is a small village in the south County Kilkenny, Ireland, on the R699 road between Callan and Knocktopher, east of its intersection with the R697 between Kells and Kilmoganny. Dunnamaggan gives its name to a civil parish, an electoral division, and the townlands of Dunnamaggan East and West. Dunnamaggin has a national school and a credit union. It gives its name to the Catholic parish, which also includes the villages of Kilmoganny and Kells. Dunnamaggin GAA club, based on the Catholic parish, has its ground in Dunnamaggin. Name In the nineteenth century Eugene O'Curry and John O'Donovan John O'Donovan may refer to: *John O'Donovan (scholar) (1806–1861), Irish language scholar and place-name expert *John O'Donovan (politician) (1908–1982), Irish TD and Senator *John O'Donovan (police commissioner) (1858–1927), New Zealand pol ... both rendered the name into Irish as "Fort of the oftness, the last word interpreted by O'Curry a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, which for centuries were the principal unit of secular and religious administration in most of England and Wales. Civil and religious parishes were formally split into two types in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. Civil parishes in their modern form came into being through the Local Government Act 1894 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), which established elected parish councils to take on the secular functions of the parish vestry. A civil parish can range in size from a sparsely populated rural area with fewer than a hundred inhabitants, to a large town with a population in excess of 100,000. This scope is similar to that of municipalities in continental Europe, such as the communes of France. However, unlike their continental Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Ossory
The Diocese of Ossory (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in eastern Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is one of three suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, Archbishop of DublinDiocese of Ossory ''Catholic-Hierarchy''. Retrieved 26 April 2010. and has been led by Niall Coll since 2023. The Cathedral church is St. Mary of the Assumption, in Kilkenny. Geographic remit The Episcopal see, see is bounded to the south by the River Suir, to the east by the River Barrow, to the north by County Laois (formerly "Queen's County") and to the west by counties County Tipperary, Tipperary and County Offaly, Offaly (formerly "King's County"). It has an area of and contains the city of Kilkenny. At the Synod of Rathbreasa ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. Its capital city, capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island, with a population of over 1.5 million. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a Unitary state, unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President of Ireland, president () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (prime minister, ), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
