Kilmanahan

Kilmanahan Castle (now in ruin)
Kilmanahan Castle incorporates parts of an earlier tower house

Kilmanahan (Irish: Cill Mhainchín) is a townland in the historical barony of Glenahiry in County Waterford, Ireland.[1] The townland, which has an area of approximately 2.75 square kilometres (1.06 sq mi),[2] had a population of 40 people as of the 2011 census.[3]

A church, traditionally associated with Saint Mainchin and which gives the area its name, was formerly located in the townland.[4][5] The nearby Kilmanahan Castle, a Georgian manor house incorporating the structure of an earlier tower house,[6] is sometimes associated with the Greene family.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Cill Mhainchín". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Kilmanahan Townland, Co. Waterford". townlands.ie. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ^ "CD171 - Waterford Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ^ O'Flanagan, Michael (1929). Letters Containing Information Relative to the Antiquities of the County of Waterford: Collected During the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841 (Ordnance Survey Letters) (PDF). p. 51. In the north northeast of the Townland of Kilmanahin in this Parish there is a castle of considerable extent lately repaired by the proprietor, Col. Green, and near it is the site of an old Church formerly dedicated to St. Mainchin (the St. Munchin of Limerick) [..] but not part of the walls remain [..] The townland derived its name from this Church
  5. ^ Moore, Michael John; Tunney, Mary, eds. (1999). Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. ISBN 9780707662152.
  6. ^ Bence-Jones, Mark (1978). A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Burke's Peerage. p. 74. ISBN 9780850110265. OCLC 947724991.
  7. ^ "Estates - Greene (Cos Tipperary & Waterford)". landedestates.ie. University College Galway. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Shrouded in Mystery". theirishaesthete.com. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  9. ^ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837). "Kilronan". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Lewis.

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