Kilmoganny
Kilmoganny
Cill Mogeanna | |
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Town | |
  Kilmoganny Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°27′47″N 7°19′43″W / 52.4630556°N 7.3286111°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | S4560834636 |
| Website | www |
Kilmoganny (officially Kilmaganny; Irish: Cill Mogeanna, meaning "Church of Saint Mogeanna"[1][2]) 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.[2]
It is home to a Primary School, Post office, Pub and 2 churches and a GAA field.
Kilmoganny is in the Diocese of Ossory, in the civil parish of Kilmaganny.[1] St. Eoghan's Catholic church is in the parish of Dunnamaggin.[3] St. Matthew's Church of Ireland church is in Kells parish.[4]
Kilmoganny has a population of approx 240.
References
- ^ a b "Cill Mogeanna/Kilmaganny (town) Kilkenny". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Kilmaganny: more information". Placenames Database of Ireland. p. 12. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "Dunamaggan". Parish Details. Ossory Diocese. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "Kells". Dioceses & Parishes. Church of Ireland. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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