Kilmoganny (officially Kilmaganny;
) is a small village in the
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 ...
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
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 ...
of Kilmaganny.
St. Eoghan's Catholic church is in the parish of
Dunnamaggin. St. Matthew's
Church of Ireland
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church is in
Kells parish.
As of the
2016 census, Kilmoganny had a population of 245.
Notable people
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Nicholas Moore
Nicholas Moore (16 November 1918 – 26 January 1986) was an English poet, associated with the New Apocalyptics in the 1940s, whose reputation stood as high as Dylan Thomas’s. He later dropped out of the literary world.
Biography
Moore wa ...
(1887–1985), priest
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Brendan Fennelly (1956–2019), hurler
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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 ...
(1856–1941), Irish painter, spent the last two years of his life at his step daughter Alice McEnery's home
Rossenarra House.
References
Towns and villages in County Kilkenny
Census towns in County Kilkenny
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