Knockbridge
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Knockbridge (Irish: Cnoic Bhride or (officially) Droichead an Chnoic, "Bridget's Hill") is a small village situated about 4.5 miles outside Dundalk, County Louth, in Ireland.
There are three housing estates, a church (St. Mary's), a large primary school, a shop, a takeaway, a Gaelic football team (St. Brides GFC) and a successful hurling team. The village is centred on a crossroads, where there is a pub and a shop.
Stephenstown House, a large ruined Victorian house, once owned by a branch of the Fortescue family, stands beside the River Fane about a mile outside the village. Stephenstown Pond, about a hundred metres from the house, was redeveloped in the mid 1990's and is a public amenity. Also nearby is the famous Cuchulainn's Stone, which still stands, and where the legendary hero is reputed to have died.
Knockbridge Church (St Mary's) has a number of Harry Clarke designed stained-glass windows. Since 2000 it's parish priest has been Fr. Gerard McGinnity.
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