Dunnamaggin (officially Dunnamaggan; ) is a small village in the south
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 ...
, Ireland, on the
R699 road between
Callan and
Knocktopher
Knocktopher (historically ''Knocktofer'' and ''Knocktover''; ) is a village in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is situated on the R713 road (Ireland), R713 road between the villages of Stoneyford, County Kilkenny, Stoneyford t ...
, east of its intersection with the
R697 between
Kells and
Kilmoganny. Dunnamaggan gives its name to a
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, w ...
, an
electoral division
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, and the
townland
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s 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.
club, based on the Catholic parish, has its ground in Dunnamaggin.
Name
In the nineteenth century
Eugene O'Curry
Eugene O'Curry (, 20 November 179430 July 1862) was an Irish philologist and antiquary.
Life
He was born at Doonaha, near Carrigaholt, County Clare, the son of Eoghan Ó Comhraí, a farmer, and his wife Cáit. Eoghan had spent some time as a ...
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 as "soft eggs" and by O'Donovan as "bogs".
References
Towns and villages in County Kilkenny
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